"Most of what we strive for in our modern life uses the apparatus of goal seeking that was originally set up to seek goals in the state of nature."

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Richard Dawkins

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“I strongly believe that nothing is more spiritual than living at our highest potential while serving others. I believe that the more closely aligned we are to "spirit" the more fully we will give ourselves in service to the world. As such, my "spiritual path" is the path that leads me to a more complete manifestation of my unique Bodhisattvic duties.”
“Birthdays could be such a bummer when you were older than the country you lived in.”

Source : Nancy Martin, Lynsay Sands (2015). “A Quick Bite”, p.62, Harlequin
“Whenever there's a change with Jazz & its aesthetics, it's almost always reflected with a change in the culture.”
“After all, what is every man? A horde of ghosts â€“ like a Chinese nest of boxes â€“ oaks that were acorns that were oaks. Death lies behind us, not in front â€“ in our ancestors, back and back until...”

Source : Walter de La Mare (2013). “The Return”, p.85, Courier Corporation
“I hover over the expensive Scotch and then the Armagnac, but finally settle on a glass of rich red claret. I put it near my nose and nearly pass out. It smells of old houses and aged wood and dark secrets, but also of hard, hot sunshine through ancient shutters and long, wicked afternoons in a four-poster bed. It's not a wine, it's a life, right there in the glass.”
“It would be a lot different for me because there is a lot of information that you need to know about as a player. How pitchers are pitching you, how defenses are playing, certain situations about certain pitchers.”
“Facts are more mundane than fantasies, but a better basis for conclusions.”

Source : "Sparks Fly" by James Howard Kunstler and Amory Lovins, www.salon.com. May 27, 2005.
“Half the time I read Hayek's The Sensory Order with amazement at the extent of his reading and comprehension. He is right most of the time.”

Source : "Elementist Going Up". The Scientific Monthly, p. 183, March 1953.

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