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Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritance, and defend them as they would their estates, because they are born heirs to them.
“Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritance, and defend them as they would their estates, because they are born heirs to them.”
— Alan Watts · Because
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“Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritance, and defend them as they would their estates, because they are born heirs to them.”
“You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.”
“The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention.”
“Things are as they are. Looking out into it the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.”
“This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.”
“Wars based on principle are far more destructive... the attacker will not destroy that which he is after.”
“Whatever I do, I do it because I want to do it and because it's completely, 100% me.”
“This stardust won't settle, because none of us should settle.”
“Just because you've seen 'My Cousin Vinny' doesn't qualify you to be a federal judge.”
“I'm trying to keep my personal life personal. It's very hard for me because I'm a very honest person.”
“I have evolved my own exercises, for the muscles I wish to keep firm, and I know they are right for me because I can feel them putting the proper muscles into play as I exercise.”
“Dictatorships start wars because they need external enemies to exert internal control over their own people.”