“Grok’ means to understand so thoroughly that the observer becomes a part of the process being observed—to merge, to blend, to intermarry, to lose personal identity in group experience.”
― Stranger in a Strange Land
― Stranger in a Strange Land
“But goodness alone is never enough. A hard, cold wisdom is required for goodness to accomplish good. Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil.”
― Stranger in a Strange Land
― Stranger in a Strange Land
“The only religious opinion I feel sure of is this: self-awareness is not just a bunch of amino acids bumping together.”
― Stranger in a Strange Land
― Stranger in a Strange Land
“Faith strikes me as intellectual laziness.”
― Stranger in a Strange Land
― Stranger in a Strange Land
“Audacity, always audacity - soundest principal of strategy.”
― Stranger in a Strange Land
― Stranger in a Strange Land
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