"Men have feverishly conceived a heaven only to find it insipid, and a hell to find it ridiculous."

-- George Santayana

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“I know that there is not in the world a more subtle poison than that which is extracted from and administered by books.”

Source : Charlotte Dacre (1997). “Zofloya”, p.25, Broadview Press
“If nothing had any meaning, you would be right. But there is something that still has a meaning.”
“There's a gullible side to the American people. They can be easily misled. Religion is the best device used to mislead them.”

Source : Michael Moore (2004). “Dude, Where's My Country?”, ePenguin
“My fear is that the global consumption of oil is going to increase, but European oil consumption has already reached its peak. The amount of oil available globally, I think, has already peaked.”

Source : "Global oil availability has peaked - EU energy chief". Interview, www.reuters.com. November 10, 2010.
“Consciously cultivate the ordinary.”
“I am a mess. Like that MargieMocha, I am spilled across a floor, but there's nobody to mop me up. I have only one thing to show for the day: Perry Delloplane. The sound of a name. It is a grape in my mouth. I roll it over and over on my tongue--perrydelloplaneperrydelloplaneperrydelloplaneperrydelloplane--but when I try to crush it with my teeth, it slips away.”
“Abigail Adams could become my favorite historical sleuth.”
“Share your presence with others, no boundaries, completely, openly, lovingly. Love is what makes us alive, that is why we feel so alive when we love. Service is being available to love. Life is the combustion of love. That we love ourselves here, that is the true magnificence in the mountains of being.”

Source : "The Vast Expanse" by Alex Grey, August 22, 1994.

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