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Religion is for people who're afraid of going to hell. Spirituality is for those who've already been there.


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Western civilization, unfortunately, does not link knowledge and morality but rather, it connects knowledge and power and makes them equivalent.

Western civilization, unfortunately, does not link knowledge and morality but rather, it connects knowledge and power and makes them equivalent.



The future of mankind lies waiting for those who will come to understand their lives and take up their responsibilities to all living things.

The future of mankind lies waiting for those who will come to understand their lives and take up their responsibilities to all living things.



Custer is said to have boasted that he could ride through the entire Sioux Nation with his Seventh Cavalry, and he was half right. He got half-way through.

Custer is said to have boasted that he could ride through the entire Sioux Nation with his Seventh Cavalry, and he was half right. He got half-way through.



When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white men came, an Indian said simply "Ours.

When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white men came, an Indian said simply "Ours.



To be an Indian in modern American society is in a very real sense to be unreal and ahistorical.

To be an Indian in modern American society is in a very real sense to be unreal and ahistorical.



This country was a lot better off when the Indians were running it.

This country was a lot better off when the Indians were running it.



These Indians are fierce, they wear feathers and grunt. Most of us dont fit this idealized figure since we grunt only when overeating

These Indians are fierce, they wear feathers and grunt. Most of us dont fit this idealized figure since we grunt only when overeating



If you want to be sovereign, act sovereign.

If you want to be sovereign, act sovereign.



Do certain sets of circumstances lie ahead of us wherein we change the world radically by the choices we make?

Do certain sets of circumstances lie ahead of us wherein we change the world radically by the choices we make?



For some unknown reason, this [antiabortion] branch of Christianity cherishes the unborn and hates the living person.

For some unknown reason, this [antiabortion] branch of Christianity cherishes the unborn and hates the living person.





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I've never yet read a review of one of my own books that I couldn't have written much better myself.

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We must have the real thing before we can have a science of a thing.



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In the end, I find my influences or inspirations where I can.

In the end, I find my influences or inspirations where I can.



I am a gluttonous, gorging failure. A waste. My body isn’t used to high-sugar carbs laced with witchcraft. It can barely cope with soup and crackers.

I am a gluttonous, gorging failure. A waste. My body isn’t used to high-sugar carbs laced with witchcraft. It can barely cope with soup and crackers.



You can't have employment and despise employers ... No goose, no golden eggs.

You can't have employment and despise employers ... No goose, no golden eggs.



We need to include the excluded and preach peace.

We need to include the excluded and preach peace.




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