"It's usually best not to ask philosophers anything, precisely because they have the habit of what in the Persian language is called sanud: the profitless consideration of unsettling yet inconsequential things."

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Source : Nick Harkaway (2008). “The Gone-Away World”, p.380, Random House

Nick Harkaway

#Philosopher Quotes #Language Quotes #Habit Quotes

“The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.”
“Right now we have obtained a human rebirth and have the opportunity to attain enlightenment through Dharma practice, so if we waste this precious opportunity in meaningless activities there is no greater loss and no greater foolishness.”
“The most powerful thing is for women not just to be the beneficiaries of the change, but to be agents of it.”
“I never felt like I was anything special. I just feel like a very lucky guy.”
“Nations begin to dig their own graves when men talk more of human rights and less of human duties.”
“We're getting ready to take over the world. My group of girlfriends - we're renegades”
“Any moment called NOW is always full of possibles.”
“A learned man came to me once. He said, "I know the way, -- come." And I was overjoyed at this. Together we hastened. Soon, too soon, were we Where my eyes were useless, And I knew not the ways of my feet. I clung to the hand of my friend; But at last he cried, "I am lost.”

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