Ten years from now, the fact that your child has both the self-discipline to get what they need done but the grace for themselves to know not every day is going to be exactly ideal—now that is life-changing! Ten years from now, when your
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“Just try to imagine how difficult it would have been to create states, or churches, or legal systems if we could speak only about things that really exist, such as rivers, trees and lions.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“The secret was probably the appearance of fiction. Large numbers of strangers can cooperate successfully by believing in common myths.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“if peace and dignity are what we delude ourselves to expect, most of us will die wondering what we, or our doctors, have done wrong.”
― How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter
― How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter
“These days (if I may steal a term from the jargon of the contemporary rialto), it is not politically correct to admit that some people die of old age.”
― How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter
― How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter
“There are no gods in the universe, no nations, no money, no human rights, no laws, and no justice outside the common imagination of human beings.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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