"As you gain elevation [on the mountain] your IQ goes down - but your emotional affect goes up, which is great for having a mythic experience, whether you want to or not."

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Stewart Brand

#God Quotes #Emotional Quotes #Soul Quotes

“When John Lennon left the Beatles and started making music with Yoko Ono, many people scoffed at the idea. How could this talented man with so many hit songs give it all up? Well, we all know it was love, but beyond that, it was a leap of faith to try something new.”
“As human beings, we have a natural compulsion to fill empty spaces.”
“The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.”
“It's hard to believe that you did so many drugs for so long. That's what I find really hard. And didn't really consider it. It was eating and drinking and taking drugs and having sex. It was just part of life.”
“What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought often to ask himself.”
“The circumstances of justice may be described as the normal conditions under which human cooperation is both possible and necessary.”
“I have no problem playing anyone who has different politics than me. In fact, I don't take that into consideration at all. You have to find something sympathetic in a man. It's that common ground you need to connect with someone.”
“I only know that I feel tired, antiquated; I feel as though I had been living a long, long time.”

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