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“I think there are families that are very kind and supportive of people's ability to change. People who come from such families may go through life without dipping into the dark night.”

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Sam Keen

Sam Keen, born in 1931, is a renowned American author whose works span across philosophy, psychology, religion, and anthropology, enjoying great popularity among readers. more

“To a large extent, the aged in our society are ghettoized. Old people are seen as useless, bypassed by history, old-fashioned, in the way. So, not surprisingly, when we reach the official mark of old age, we're supposed to go gently into that good night, to get off center stage and hand over the spotlight. Old age is also surrounded by shame - the myth of impotence and inability.”

People Way Hands Age Night Stage Mark Shame Myth Old Age Useless Officials Our Society Old Fashioned Old People Inability Spotlight Good Night Impotence Center Stage

Author:Sam Keen

“The spiritual mind is always metaphorical. Spiritual thinking is poetic thinking. It's always trying to put a very diaphanous experience into words, realizing all the while that words are inadequate.”

Thinking Trying Mind Spiritual Realizing Poetic Always Trying Inadequate Metaphorical

Author:Sam Keen

“I think we have to trust ourselves in the darkness of not knowing. The God out of which we came and into which we go is an unknown God. It's the luminosity of that darkness and that unknowing that is, I think, the most human - and the most sacred - place of all.”

Thinking Humans Darkness Knowing Sacred Not Knowing Unknowing Sacred Places

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“Politicians who are willing to spend too much are the ones who get reelected.”

Too Much Willing Politician

Author:John Templeton

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