"A major difficulty is that the answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx is partly a product of the answers that we already have given to the riddle in its various forms."

-- Gregory Bateson

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“People who live the most fulfilling lives are the ones who are always rejoicing at what they have.”
“God is the tangential point between zero and infinity.”

Source : Alfred Jarry, Roger Shattuck, Simon Watson Taylor (1965). “Selected works: Edited by Roger Shattuck and Simon Watson Taylor”
“I would definitely like to see the education process more enhanced in African-American communities, because we need to be educated on laws that are relevant to our communities and our people, as well as to any other ethnic groups. A broader view of how people perceive African-American boys and girls in this country is what I'd like to see.”
“It is the strength of any emotion, not necessarily its pleasantness, which makes a place important.”

Source : "West with the Sun".
“When asked what he meant by a miracle: Oh, anything with a probability of less than 20%.”
“If humans died in a healthy culture, they would not lock out the earth in metal coffins and carve their names on stone monuments, but would instead place the naked body in the earth and plant a tree above the silent heart.”

Source : William Irwin Thompson (1978). “Darkness and Scattered Light: Four Talks on the Future”, Anchor Books
“All Americans suffer from anxiety; it's a national disease.”
“God as we ought to worship Him. God is Spirit, so we must worship Him in spirit and truth, that is, by a humble and true adoration of spirit in the depth and center of our souls.”

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