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“The authentic and pure values, truth, beauty, and goodness, in the activity of a human being are the result of one and the same act, a certain application of the full attention to the object. Teaching should have no aim but to prepare, by training the attention, for the possibility of such an act. All the other advantages of instruction are without interest.”

Source: Gravity and Grace

“We must distinguish between spirituality in general terms, which aims to make us better people, and religion. Adopting a religion remains optional, but becoming a better human being is essential.”

People Humans Spirituality Term Human Beings Becoming Essentials Aim Remains Adopting Optional

Book:The Quantum and the Lotus: A Journey to the Frontiers Where Science and Buddhism Meet

Source: The Quantum and the Lotus: A Journey to the Frontiers Where Science and Buddhism Meet

“The aim is not to give human beings real goals that warrant belief, and tasks to share in, but to re-establish "belonging," although this kind of speech and thought is precisely calculated to avoid contact and so makes belonging impossible.”

Giving Humans Kind Real Belief Goal Human Beings Impossible Share Speech Tasks Aim Contact Belonging Being Real Warrants

Book:Growing Up Absurd: Problems of Youth in the Organized Society

Source: Growing Up Absurd: Problems of Youth in the Organized Society