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“The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.”
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“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
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“It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.”
― VALIS
― VALIS
“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.”
― The Descent of Man
― The Descent of Man
“It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.”
― Diary
― Diary
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This group is for those that just can't get enough of science and the natural world. *** All books are chosen by group members *** ...more
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