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“We are born for meaning, not pleasure, unless it is pleasure that is steeped in meaning.”

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This book delves into the various facets of love, offering insights and reflections on its nature and significance. more

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Jacob Needleman

Jacob Needleman, born on October 6, 1934, is a renowned philosopher whose work spans ethics, religious philosophy, and psychology, profoundly influencing contemporary philosophy and culture. more

“Why has time disappeared in our culture? How is it that after decades of inventions and new technologies devoted to saving time and labor, the result is that there is no time left? We are a time-poor society; we are temporally impoverished. And there is no issue, no aspect of human life, that exceeds this in importance. The destruction of time is literally the destruction of life.”

“We are human beings, beings whose fundamental food is the experience of truth.”

Humans Human Beings Fundamentals

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“What is it that makes all of us end each day with the sense that we have not lived our time, but have been lived, used by what we do?”

Has Beens Ends Used Our Time Each Day

Author:Jacob Needleman

“To search means, first, I need Being, Truth; second, I do not know where to find it; and third, an action takes place that is not based on fantasies of certainty— while at the same time a waiting takes place that is rooted not in wishful thinking but in a deep sense of urgency.”

Thinking Knows Needs Firsts Mean Action Waiting Fantasy Thirds Certainty Rooted Urgency Wishful Thinking Sense Of Urgency

Author:Jacob Needleman

“If the group is an art form of the future, then convening groups is an artistry we must cultivate to fully harvest the promise of the future.”

Ifs Art Form Groups Promise Harvest Artistry Promise Of The Future

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“Frederick Franck is one of a rare and precious breed—an authentic troubadour whose lyricism is pure in word and image. He quietly roams our materialistic world and shows us that even here, even now, there is hope for our soul.”

World Soul Shows Pure Materialistic There Is Hope Troubadours Materialistic World

Author:Jacob Needleman

“My piece in One World or None was the description of the effect of a single atomic bomb on New York City.”

World Cities Pieces Effects New York Bombs Description New York City Atomic Bomb

Author:Philip Morrison

“The probability of success is difficult to estimate; but if we never search the chance of success is zero.”

Ifs Difficult Chance Zero Probability

Book:Nothing Is Too Wonderful to Be True

Source: Nothing Is Too Wonderful to Be True

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