"Man is the only living being who has a developed self-awareness and death-awareness."

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Source : "Mourning and Funerals - For Whom". The Watchtower magazine, June 1, 1977.

Theodosius Dobzhansky

#Men Quotes #Self Quotes #Awareness Quotes

“Is it conceivable that mysticism is a mark of inadequate art?”
“I regret, as much as any member, the unavoidable weight and duration of the burdens to be imposed; having never been a proselyte to the doctrine, that public debts are public benefits. I consider them, on the contrary, as evils which ought to be removed as fast as honor and justice will permit.”
“In London there is a man who screams when the church bells ring.”
“We who think we are about to die will laugh at anything.”
“Surely the mischief of hypocrisy can never be enough inveighed against. When religion is in request, it is the chief malady of the church, and numbers die of it; though because it is a subtle and inward evil, it be little perceived. It is to be feared there are many sick of it, that look well and comely in God's outward worship, and they may pass well in good weather, in times of peace; but days of adversity are days of trial.”
“Since Sven Goran Eriksson took over, England have been fantastic.”
“...[W]e should be mucking about all the time, because mucking about is enjoying life for its own sake, now, and not in preparation for an imaginary future. It's obvious that the mirth-filled man, the cheerful soul, the childish adult is the one who has least to fear from life.”
“I spent about seven years during the Vietnam War flight-testing airplanes for the Air Force. And then I went in and I had a lot of fun building airplanes that people could build in their garages. And some 3,000 of those are flying. Of course, one of them is around-the-world Voyager.”

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