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“It’s pretty simple, the ethical life. It’s just demanding.”

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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

“That was interesting, to find that it wasn't hunger that caused children to become bullies on the street. The bulliness was already in the child, and whatever the stakes were, they would find a way to act as they needed to act. … Intelligence and education, which all these children had, apparently didn't make any important difference in human nature.”

Way Humans Children Important Differences Interesting Streets Human Nature Needed Hunger Stakes Bully Intelligence And Education

Book:Ender's Shadow

Source: Ender's Shadow

“Sometimes everyone does the right thing and there's still a mess left to clean up. Someone has to take responsibility for it.”

Doe Stills Sometimes Left Responsibility Clean Mess Right Thing Taking Responsibility

Author:Kami Garcia

“I grabbed Aunt Prue's tiny hand, her fingers as small as bare twigs in winter. I closed my eyes and took her other hand, twisting my strong fingers together with her frail ones. I rested my forehead against our hands and closed my eyes. I imagined lifting my head up and seeing her smiling, the tape and tubes gone. I wondered if wishing was the same thing as praying. If hoping for something badly enough could make it happen.”

Ifs Enough Hands Happens Eye Together Strong Wish Gone Seeing Praying Fingers Winter Tiny Tape Aunt Lifting Foreheads Make It Happen Tubes Frail Heads Up Twigs Hoping For Something Tiny Hands

Author:Kami Garcia

“Brilliant people never think of the lives they smash, being brilliant.”

People Thinking Brilliant

Book:White Noise

Source: White Noise

“Psychedelics are illegal not because a loving government is concerned that you may jump out of a third story window. Psychedelics are illegal because they dissolve opinion structures and culturally laid down models of behaviour and information processing. They open you up to the possibility that everything you know is wrong.”

“Scores only matter if they’re very good, no one pays much attention to the bad or mediocre ones.”

Ifs Matter Pay Attention Very Good Score Mediocre

Book:The Hunger Games

Source: The Hunger Games

“The beauty and mystery of this world only emerges through affection, attention, interest and compassion . . . open your eyes wide and actually see this world by attending to its colors, details and irony.”

World Eye Interest Attention Compassion Mystery This World Color Affection Details Wide Irony Attending

Book:My Name Is Red

Source: My Name Is Red

“Willy Loman: I don't want change, I want Swiss cheese!”

Want Cheese Swiss Swiss Cheese

Author:Arthur Miller

“Searching for a perfect love is not easy to find,but having the love of our God is more perfect than what you have found".”

Found Easy Perfect Love Is Perfect Love

Author:David Archuleta

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