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“If there is a God, it is inconceivable that he would be concerned about my day to day affairs.”

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Gautama Buddha, also known as Siddhartha Gautama or the Buddha, was a spiritual leader and the founder of Buddhism. Born in the 6th century BC in the region of Lumbini, Nepal, he renounced his princely life to seek enlightenment. His teachings, emphasizing the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path, have profoundly influenced the lives of millions around the world. more

“I, the dreamer clinging yet to the dream as the patient clings to the last thin unbearable ecstatic instant of agony in order to sharpen the savor of the pain's surcease, waking into the reality, the more than reality, not to the unchanged and unaltered old time but into a time altered to fit the dream which, conjunctive with the dreamer, becomes immolated and apotheosized”

Dream Reality Pain Lasts Order Fit Patient Instant Waking Dreamer Agony Unbearable Altered Clinging Ecstatic Old Time

Book:Absalom, Absalom!

Source: Absalom, Absalom!

“And, moreover, when it happens that both are sincere and good, nothing will mix and amalgamate more easily than an old priest and an old soldier. In reality, they are the same kind of man. One has devoted himself to country upon earth, the other to his country in heaven; there is no other difference.”

Men Kind Country Reality Happens Earth Heaven Differences Soldier Priests Sincere Devoted Old Soldiers

Book:Les Miserables Volume One

Source: Les Miserables Volume One

“He had prepared his death much earlier, in his imagination, unaware that his imagination, more creative than he, was planning the reality of that death.”

Reality Imagination Creative Prepared Planning

Book:Foucault's Pendulum

Source: Foucault's Pendulum

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