“As soon as one believes a doctrine of any sort, or assumes certitude, one stops thinking about that aspect of existence.” — Robert Anton Wilson, Final Secret of the Illuminati
Tag: existence
Quote of the Day
“While we were living, the world seemed in a manner to exist only for us, for our delight and amusement, because it contributed to them. But our hearts cease to beat, and it goes on as usual, and thinks no more about us than it did in our lifetime.” — William Hazlitt, “On the Fear of Death,” Table Talk
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“How different each death is, and yet it leads us into the self-same country, that country which we inhabit so rarely, where we see the worthlessness of what we have long pursued and will so soon return to pursuing.” — Iris Murdoch, The Sea, The Sea Tours
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“We don’t become satisfied by leading a peaceful and prosperous existence. Rather, we become satisfied when reality matches our expectations. The bad news is that as conditions improve, expectations balloon.” — Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus
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“What is, is, and what might have been could never have existed.” — Edward Gorey, Ascending Peculiarity
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“The trouble with men is that they have limited minds. That’s the trouble with women, too.” — Joanna Russ, Existence
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