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“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
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“Five percent of the people think;
ten percent of the people think they think;
and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.”
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ten percent of the people think they think;
and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.”
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“Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.”
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“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.”
― The Innocents Abroad / Roughing It
― The Innocents Abroad / Roughing It
“If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.”
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Craig’s 2024 Year in Books
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