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If wild animals – and wild nature – were less frightening, perhaps civilization would be less palatable. But the truth is that civilization does not protect us from wild animals. It attempts, however imperfectly, to protect us from ourselves.

I think the only true expression of one’s beliefs lies in action.

Isolation brought its own reality. Even mundane events became worrisome.

(Sean Connery) always tells the truth as he sees it at the moment, and if somebody doesn’t like it, it’s their problem.

The internal psychological pressure to make up a story, to explain the ruins before one’s eyes, is powerful indeed.

The closer one looks at history, the less coherent it becomes.

The closer one looks at history, the less coherent it becomes.

I realized then that I had defined myself too narrowly.

I began to think of all the places I hadn’t been…
It was time to find out what I had been missing.

“Be careful about ‘obviously.’ If it’s really obvious you don’t need to say it. And if it’s not obvious it’s insulting to say that it is.”

“How could you have informed discussions if you never heard of Louis Kahn?”

“I eventually realized that direct experience is the most valuable experience I can have.”

Eventually, I realized that many of the most important changes in my life had come about because of my travel experiences.

“You were the most powerful. Only for the single fact that I hadn’t been born.”

“Do I look remotely emotionally stable to you?”

How many times would she lose those she loved? How many times would she prove her worth, be the strongest, rise to the occasion, and still have them taken?

“You aren’t just perfection. You are the pursuit of it.” –Reeve, The High Lord of Aterna

“…‘fear is the absence of Magic’.”

“Magic was merely the will of the mind to do the impossible.”

“Her life was now nostalgia, nothing but a memory of something so beautiful that it was heart-shattering to grieve it.”

“Over the years, we’ve turned to doctors, scientists, and celebrities for diet advice. But here’s a source we’ve largely overlooked: The Bible.”

“He’d actually done a good bit of thinking about his longevity and boiled it down to three secrets: Start your day with fruit, eat beans at every meal, and practice absolute honesty.”

“And what activates FOXO3? Turmeric, kelp, green tea, and tofu — all four pillars of the traditional Okinawa diet.”

“Studies show that people who consume a lot of tomatoes reduce their risk of ovarian or prostate cancer.”