“In order for the English mind to be sharpened with tea, the Chinese mind had to be clouded with opium.”
― This Is Your Mind on Plants
― This Is Your Mind on Plants
“If you hate violence and don't believe in politics, the only major remedy remaining is education.”
― A Collection of Essays
― A Collection of Essays
“Accepting death doesn't mean you won't be devastated when someone you love dies. It means you will be able to focus on your grief, unburdened by bigger existential questions like, "Why do people die?" and "Why is this happening to me?" Death isn't happening to you. Death is happening to us all.”
― Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
― Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
“Everyone believes in the atrocities of the enemy and disbelieves in those of his own side, without ever bothering to examine the evidence.”
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“The repeated lies become history, but they don't necessarily become the truth.”
― Let the Great World Spin
― Let the Great World Spin
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