"The mind is still haunted with its old unconscious ways; it broods on lost authorities; and the yearning, the deep and hollowing yearning for divine volition and service is with us still."

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Source : Julian Jaynes (2000). “The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind”, p.323, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Julian Jaynes

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“I know of nothing more inspiring than that of making discoveries for ones self.”
“You want what you create to live, and I give my all in my work because I want it to live.”
“Nature made us... nature did it all... not the gods of the religions.”
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“If spirituality is not religion or cynicism or sentimentality or narcissism, then what is it?... we can confidently say... that spirituality is fearlessness. It is a way of looking boldly at this life we have been given, here, now, on earth, as this human being.”
“Her violence frightened me. She always claimed that I was the jealous one, and I was often jealous, but when I saw things working against me I simply became disgusted and withdrew. Lydia was different. She reacted. She was the Head Cheerleader at the Game of Violence.”
“If you think I would have gone to war the way George Bush did, don't vote for me.”
“I absolutely believe that what you sing and how you act when you're in this position, should be the definition of who you are and where your heart and character stands.”

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