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“Israelites, Christians and Muslims profess immortality, but the veneration they render this world proves they believe only in it, since they destine all other worlds, in infinite number, to be its reward or punishment.”
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“Self-awareness is probably overrated. A complex, self-regulating system doesn't need it in order to be successful, or even smart.”
― Earth
― Earth
“Like most humanoids, I am burdened with what the Buddhists call the "monkey mind"--the thoughts that swing from limb to limb, stopping only to scratch themselves, spit and howl.”
― Eat, Pray, Love
― Eat, Pray, Love
“The original is unfaithful to the translation.”
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“Look at your feet. You are standing in the sky. When we think of the sky, we tend to look up, but the sky actually begins at the earth. We walk through it, yell into it, rake leaves, wash the dog, and drive cars in it. We breathe it deep within us. With every breath, we inhale millions of molecules of sky, heat them briefly, and then exhale them back into the world.”
― A Natural History of the Senses
― A Natural History of the Senses
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