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Quote by Terence McKenna

“We tend to disempower ourselves. We tend to believe that we don’t matter. And in the act of taking that idea to ourselves we give everything away to somebody else, to something else.”

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Terence McKenna

Terence McKenna was a renowned philosopher known for his profound insights into consciousness, botany, and human potential. His ideas were deeply influenced by his family's genetic research and studies on the evolution of human consciousness. more

“He was tall as a young tree, lithe, immensely strong, able swiftly to draw a great war-bow and shoot down a Nazgûl, endowed with the tremendous vitality of Elvish bodies, so hard and resistant to hurt that he went only in light shoes over rock or through snow, the most tireless of all the Fellowship.”

War Hard Body Light Able Young Strong Hurt Tree Rocks Draws Shoes Snow Tall Bows Vitality Fellowship Great War

Book:The Book of Lost Tales, Part Two: Part Two

Source: The Book of Lost Tales, Part Two: Part Two

“How fair the realm Imagination opens to the view.”

Imagination Views Fairs Realms

Book:After Green Gables: L.M. Montgomery's Letters to Ephraim Weber, 1916-1941

Source: After Green Gables: L.M. Montgomery's Letters to Ephraim Weber, 1916-1941

“there is nothing to fear but fear itself yet even then fear shouldn't be feared because fear cannot take what is protected by change”

Protected

Author:Michelle Moran

“I tell you the truth, any object you have in your mind, however good, will be a barrier between you and the inmost Truth.”

Mind Objects Barriers Good Will

Book:Celebrated 14th Century Mystic and Scholastic Meister Eckhart

Source: Celebrated 14th Century Mystic and Scholastic Meister Eckhart

“You’ve got to try and take things to the next level, or you’ll just get stuck in a rut.”

Trying Next Levels Stuck Next Level Ruts Stuck In A Rut

Author:Ozzy Osbourne

“Music resembles poetry, in each Are nameless graces which no methods teach, And which a master hand alone can reach.”

Hands Teach Grace Masters Method Nameless

Book:The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: With Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks,

Source: The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: With Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks,

“I started having doubts right on top of my certainty.”

Doubt Certainty

Book:The Brothers K

Source: The Brothers K

“The kitten was six weeks old. It was enchanting, a delicate fairy-tale cat, whose Siamese genes showed in the shape of the face, ears, tail, and the subtle lines of its body. [...] She sat, a tiny thing, in the middle of a yellow carpet, surrounded by five worshipppers, not at all afraid of us. Then she stalked around that floor of the house, inspecting every inch of it, climbed up on to my bed, crept under the fold of a sheet, and was at home.”