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“Merle Crowell tells a story about a Greenland Eskimo who joined an Arctic expedition. For his faithful guide service he was rewarded with a visit to New York City. Dazzled by the wonders, he couldn’t wait to tell the folks back home in Greenland. He described “stacks of igloos that reached the clouds” and “crowded … Read moreThe Allegory of The Eskimo: Illusion Is Beauty
“Can you see time? No. Then you should stop looking for it.” — Zen proverb
“I think an education is not only important, it is the most important thing you can do with your life.” -Dean Kamen
“When I couldn’t play according to my system, which was based on study and experience, I went in and gambled. I hoped to win, instead of knowing that I ought to win on form.” -Jesse Livermore
“The assumption that everyone else is like you. That you are the world. The disease of consumer capitalism. The complacent solipsism.” ― David Foster Wallace
“Women, children and dogs are loved unconditionally, A man is only loved under the condition that he provide something.” -Chris Rock
“We are a society of notoriously unhappy people: lonely, anxious, depressed, destructive, dependent — people who are glad when we have killed the time we are trying so hard to save.” ― Erich Fromm
“Inside every one of us, there’s a war going on. It’s a civil war. I don’t care who you are, I don’t care where you live, there is a civil war going on in your life. And every time you set out to be good, there’s something pulling on you, telling you to be evil. … Read moreA Civil War Inside Us All
