"People who want their love easy don't really want love."

-- Rachel Kushner

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“We are persons whose bodies can be objectively studied according to the impersonal laws of physics but whose minds are subjectively experienced in ways science has not yet been able to fathom. In short, by radically seperating science from religion, we are not merely segregating two human institutions; we are fragmenting ourselves as individuals and as a society in ways that lead to deep, unresolved conflicts in terms of our view of the world, our values, and our way of life.”

Source : B. Alan Wallace (2004). “The Taboo of Subjectivity: Toward a New Science of Consciousness”, p.8, Oxford University Press, USA
“Our investigation looked at whether there is evidence classified information was improperly stored or transmitted on that personal system, in violation of a federal statute making it a felony to mishandle classified information either intentionally or in a grossly negligent way, or a second statute making it a misdemeanor to knowingly remove classified information from appropriate systems or storage facilities.”

Source : James Comey's Statement on the Investigation of Secretary Hillary Clinton’s Use of a Personal E-Mail System, www.fbi.gov. July 5, 2016.
“The Order of the Arrow is a thing of the outdoors rather than the indoors. It was born in an island wilderness. It needs the sun and rain, the woods and the plains, the waters and the starlit sky.”
“The mind's capacity is limitless, and its manifestations are inexhaustible. Seeing forms with your eyes, hearing sounds with your ears, smelling odors with your nose, tasting flavors with your tongue, every movement or state is all your mind.”

Source : Bodhidharma (2009). “The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma”, p.23, Macmillan
“I think lowering the age of consent to thirteen in New Jersey was a great idea. It might give boys a better chance to get girls before magaÂzines. That's when they get hooked, in junior high.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“When faith burns itself out, 'tis God who dies and thenceforth proves unavailing.”
“While that amendment failed, human cloning continues to advance and the breakthrough in this unethical and morally questionable science is around the corner.”
“Many years ago Rudyard Kipling gave an address at McGill University in Montreal. He said one striking thing which deserves to be remembered. Warning the students against an over-concern for money, or position, or glory, he said: 'Some day you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are.'”

Source : Halford Edward Luccock (1956). “Unfinished Business: Short Diversions on Religious Themes”

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