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I was already thinking there was no way out of the vicious circle of madness—after all, no one can think with anything but his brain, no one can be outside himself to check whether the processes taking place in his body are normal.
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― Wonder
― Wonder
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― 2001: A Space Odyssey
― 2001: A Space Odyssey
“Our identification with the body is so strong that most people spend their lives simply taking care of the body. The body feels cold, let’s clothe it; it feels hot, let’s remove the layers; it’s hungry, feed it; it’s tired, give it rest. We become so preoccupied with fulfilling the body’s many desires—cleaning, feeding, clothing, decorating and protecting it, that we become its slaves.”
― If Truth Be Told: A Monk's Memoir
― If Truth Be Told: A Monk's Memoir
“As one acts and conducts himself, so does he become. The doer of good becomes good. The doer of evil becomes evil. One becomes virtuous by virtuous action, bad by bad action”
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― Letters to Friends, Family, and Editors
― Letters to Friends, Family, and Editors
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