“We might 'conquer' nature if we could first, or at the same time, conquer our own nature, though we do not see that human nature and 'outside' nature are all of a piece.”
― The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
― The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
“When you bow deeply to the universe, it bows back; when you call out the name of God, it echoes inside you.”
― The Art of Peace
― The Art of Peace
“The path isn't a straight line; it’s a spiral. You continually come back to things you thought you understood and see deeper truths.”
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“The Western rhetoric of appeasement creates a self-reinforcing loop of mental and moral corruption. Speaking the truth now would mean confessing to many months of lies”
― Winter Is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped
― Winter Is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped
“The hostile attitude of conquering nature ignores the basic interdependence of all things and events - that the world beyond the skins is actually an extension of our own bodies - and will end in destroying the very environment form which we emerge and upon which our whole life depends”
― The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
― The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
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