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Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“When I read a good book, I wish my life were three thousand years long.”

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American essayist, poet, and philosopher. Born on May 25, 1803, and died on April 27, 1882. Known for his transcendentalist philosophy, his works have had a profound impact on literature and the intellectual world. more

“How can non-existence get sick of itself? Everytime you wake up, you appear again out of nowhere. And so does everything else. Death just means the replacement of the usual morning waking with something else, something quite impossible even to think about. We don't even have the instrument to do it, because our mind & our world are the same thing.”

Thinking World Mind Mean Doe Existence Morning Impossible Sick Wake Up Instruments Our World Waking Usual Replacements Non Existence

Author:Victor Pelevin

“Some folks hide and some folks seek, and seeking when its mindless, neurotic, desperate, or pusillanimous, can be a form of hiding.”

Form Folks Seeking Desperate Hiding Neurotic Mindless Still Life With Woodpecker

Author:Tom Robbins

“My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.”

Mean Ends Happiness Purpose Goal Anthem

Book:Anthem

Source: Anthem

“Consider it: every person you have ever met, every person will suffer the loss of his friends and family. All are going to lose everything they love in this world. Why would one want to be anything but kind to them in the meantime?”

World Want Kind Persons Suffering Loses Loss This World Mets Family And Friends

Book:The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason

Source: The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason

“Reason is nothing less than the guardian of love”

Reason Guardian

Book:The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason

Source: The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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