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“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
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“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”
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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
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“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.”
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“If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?”
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