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The first step in changing reality is to recognize it as it is now. There is no need to wish it were otherwise. It simply is. Pleasant or not, it is. Then comes behavior that acts on the present reality. Behavior can change what is. We may
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“Consistency is the playground of dull minds.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“Is there anything more dangerous than dissatisfied and irresponsible gods who don’t know what they want?”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“The keynote of minority prejudice is this: They are loathed because they are feared.”
― I Am Legend
― I Am Legend
“Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.”
― Dune
― Dune
“How do you cause people to believe in an imagined order such as Christianity, democracy or capitalism? First, you never admit that the order is imagined.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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