When a man finds that it is his destiny to suffer, he will have to accept his suffering as his task; his single and unique task. He will have to acknowledge the fact that even in suffering he is unique and alone in the universe. No one can
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“The trick was learning to live without the grief and without the guilt. The trick was to create a life worth living, a life no longer conscious of death.”
― The Innocent
― The Innocent
“Today, when we finally realise that the keys to happiness are in the hands of our biochemical system, we can stop wasting our time on politics and social reforms, putsches and ideologies, and focus instead on the only thing that can make us truly happy: manipulating our biochemistry.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“Ever since the Cognitive Revolution, there hasn’t been a single natural way of life for Sapiens. There are only cultural choices, from among a bewildering palette of possibilities.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“Good men don’t need to become legends.” She opened her eyes, looking up at him. “They just do what’s right anyway.”
― The Well of Ascension
― The Well of Ascension
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men evolved differently, that they are born with certain mutable characteristics, and that among these are life and the pursuit of pleasure.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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