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“I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.”
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“Take responsibility for your own happiness, do not expect people or things to bring you happiness, or you could be disappointed.”
― Advice My Parents Gave Me: and Other Lessons I Learned from My Mistakes
― Advice My Parents Gave Me: and Other Lessons I Learned from My Mistakes
“We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good.”
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“I have an idea that the only thing which makes it possible to regard this world we live in without disgust is the beauty which now and then men create out of the chaos. The pictures they paint, the music they compose, the books they write, and the lives they lead. Of all these the richest in beauty is the beautiful life. That is the perfect work of art.”
― The Painted Veil
― The Painted Veil
“The idea that God is an oversized white male with a flowing beard, who sits in the sky and tallies the fall of every sparrow is ludicrous. But if by 'God,' one means the set of physical laws that govern the universe, then clearly there is such a God. This God is emotionally unsatisfying... it does not make much sense to pray to the law of gravity.”
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