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The challenge for human beings is not how to avoid suffering, but how to face the pain that is inherent in our lives, and how not to create more suffering by our desperate attempt to avoid pain.
“Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you.”
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“Science chases money
and money chases its tail
and the best minds of my generation can't make bail.
But the bacteria are coming--
that's my prediction.
It's the answer to this culture
of the quick-fix prescription.”
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and money chases its tail
and the best minds of my generation can't make bail.
But the bacteria are coming--
that's my prediction.
It's the answer to this culture
of the quick-fix prescription.”
―
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