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"In the Western world, with its affluence, a great fear, a strong feeling of emptiness and pointlessness, often hides beneath the beautiful surface of the "good life," because the people take the material world too seriously. Those who succumb to the illusion that they can buy the meaning of life grow unhappy." Mar 12, 2026 07:49PM

 
Dangerous Vegetables
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""...It's manna. Manna, Mr. Lomax."
"Manna? That I don't get."
...."Like the Lord sent down to the Israelites, Mr. Lomax. The manna in the desert. That kind of manna." He was continuing to eat while he talked. "It sure has a heavenly taste, and it came right down out of the sky."
----"Manna" by John Christopher"
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"Hence the Stoic division of philosophy into three parts: logic, physics, and ethics. Ethics, the science of how to live well, is the goal...But... neither physics or ethics can be pursued profitably without previous mastery of the art of reasoning. Thus, in point of time, logic comes first in the curriculum." Jan 19, 2025 12:09PM

 
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Mark Twain
“′Classic′ - a book which people praise and don't read.”
Mark Twain

Frank Herbert
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
Frank Herbert, Dune

J.R.R. Tolkien
“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

Albert Einstein
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
Albert Einstein

Mark Twain
“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
Mark Twain

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