"It is easier to accept the message of the stars than the message of the salt desert. The stars speak of man's insignificance in the long eternity of time; the desert speaks of his insignificance right now."

-- Edwin Way Teale

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“We will not capitulate - no, never! We may be destroyed, but if we are, we shall drag a world with us - a world in flames.”
“We let folks know we're interested in them and that they're vital to us. cause they are.”
“Free curiosity is of more value than harsh discipline.”
“A building is not just a place to be but a way to be.”
“Do actions agree with words? There's your measure of reliability. Never confine yourself to the words.”
“But you canâ€™t get to any of these truths by sitting in a field smiling beatifically, avoiding your anger and damage and grief. Your anger and damage and grief are the way to the truth. We donâ€™t have much truth to express unless we have gone into those rooms and closets and woods and abysses that we were told not go in to. When we have gone in and looked around for a long while, just breathing and finally taking it in â€“ then we will be able to speak in our own voice and to stay in the present moment. And that moment is home.”
“In a democracy, the public should be asked how much security and how much privacy they want for themselves.”
“Not even the most heavily-armed police state can exert brute force to all of its citizens all of the time. Meme management is so much subtler; the rose-tinted refraction of perceived reality, the contagious fear of threatening alternatives.”

Source : Peter Watts (2006). “Blindsight”, p.48, Macmillan

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