"Consciousness is always open to many possibilities because it involves play. It is always an adventure."

-- Julian Jaynes

#Adventure Quotes #Play Quotes #Consciousness Quotes

“Obama said if elected his government would "harness technology to confront the biggest challenges that America faces".”
“When someone tells you, 'I love you,' and then you feel, 'Oh, I must be worthy after all,' that's an illusion. That's not true. Or someone says, 'I hate you,' and you think, 'Oh, God, I knew it; I'm not very worthy,' that's not true either. Neither one of these thoughts hold any intrinsic reality. They are an overlay. When someone says, 'I love you,' he is telling you about himself, not you. When someone says, 'I hate you,' she is telling you about herself, not you. World views are self views-literally.”
“The person viewing your work has no idea what the scene really looked like, nor do they care...”
“The human body is not a thing or substance, given, but a continuous creation. The human body is an energy system which is never a complete structure; never static; is in perpetual inner self-construction and self-destruction; we destroy in order to make it new.”

Source : Norman O. Brown (1990). “Love's Body, Reissue of 1966 edition”, p.155, Univ of California Press
“Spurn not a seeming error, but dig below its surface for the truth.”
“There is a dessert dish in Austria called Kaiserschmarrn - it's kind of like a sweet raisin pancake with eggs and sugar. It's definitely not something I can eat often, but if I've done well at a race, sometimes that's my celebration treat!”
“And I think the American people look to the leaders to lead. They look to the leaders to take on the big problems. And the president deserves a lot of credit for doing that.”
“My mom said the only reason men are alive is for lawn care and vehicle maintenance.”

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