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“All he asks in return is for us to live, fully alive and aware. He brings light and life to all. We can surely take his energy and use it to live. It should be so simple.”
― Imhotep
― Imhotep
“Each of us thinks we are the most important person, because we are inside ourselves. Does this make sense? We see the world from our eyes and hear it with our ears. I look past the branches and leaves of the trees to the sky and I see the colors I call brown and green and blue. But think, Brian, are they the same colors that you see? We may call them by the same name, but they may look different to you. “The taste of an onion, the song of a bird, the strum of the harp, the grit of sand. I know what they feel like and taste like and sound like to me. But I can not know what they are to you. So how can I truly know your thoughts or feel your fears? “I can listen to you and comfort you, but only you can overcome your fears, only you can bring yourself into balance with ma’at.”
― Imhotep
― Imhotep
“Yes, she thought, I was once filled with trust. That trust was destroyed, but Re has rebuilt it. Then she thought of young Djoser and his uncanny ability to discern the truth in stories told by his friends. His trust had always been in himself, not others, she realized.”
― The Buried Pyramid
― The Buried Pyramid
“They didn’t slice time into a series of individual moments and then stitch them back together with anxious anticipation. They didn’t keep appointment books to make themselves accountable for each minute. There was neither tick nor tock.”
― Imhotep
― Imhotep
“People were so consumed by their fears and ambitions, their desires. They were so busy planning and plotting their lives that they failed to live them. ”
― Imhotep
― Imhotep
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