Exchange is to cultural evolution as sex is to biological evolution.
“It is your karma to fight evil. It doesn't matter if the people that evil is being committed against don't fight back. It doesn't matter if the entire world chooses to look the other way. Always remember this. You don't live with the consequences of other people's karma. You live with the consequences of your own”
― The Secret of the Nagas
― The Secret of the Nagas
“It’ll be down to you, Harry, to show them that a Seeker has to have something more than a rich father. Get to that Snitch before Malfoy or die trying, Harry, because we’ve got to win today, we’ve got to.” “So no pressure, Harry,” said Fred, winking at him.”
― Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
― Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
“Don’t believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding. Find out what you already know and you will see the way to fly.”
― Jonathan Livingston Seagull
― Jonathan Livingston Seagull
“Remind thyself, in the darkest moments, that every failure is only a step toward success, every detection of what is false directs you toward what is true, every trial exhausts some tempting form of error, and every adversity will only hide, for a time, your path to peace and fulfillment. ”
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“It is not the man who has too little that is poor, but the one who hankers after more.”
― Letters from a Stoic
― Letters from a Stoic
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