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The target of power is more interesting than its quantity.


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The world is moving faster and faster, but where are we going?I think one of the reasons why things are getting blurry is because there is not much meaning.

The world is moving faster and faster, but where are we going?I think one of the reasons why things are getting blurry is because there is not much meaning.



If a person holds no ambitions in this world, he suffers unknowingly. If a person holds ambitions, he suffers knowingly, but very slowly.

If a person holds no ambitions in this world, he suffers unknowingly. If a person holds ambitions, he suffers knowingly, but very slowly.



We live in a highly polarized society. We need to try to understand each other in respectful ways. To that end, I believe that we should make room for both spiritual atheists and thinking believers.

We live in a highly polarized society. We need to try to understand each other in respectful ways. To that end, I believe that we should make room for both spiritual atheists and thinking believers.



-But rational thoughts lead only to rational thoughts, whereas irrational thoughts lead to new experiences.

-But rational thoughts lead only to rational thoughts, whereas irrational thoughts lead to new experiences.



All writers have roots they draw from - travel, work, family. My roots are in science and it is fertile ground for fiction.

All writers have roots they draw from - travel, work, family. My roots are in science and it is fertile ground for fiction.



The urge to discover, to invent, to know the unknown, seems so deeply human that we cannot imagine our history without it.

The urge to discover, to invent, to know the unknown, seems so deeply human that we cannot imagine our history without it.



Sadness is no more than a bit of acid transfixed in the cerebellum.

Sadness is no more than a bit of acid transfixed in the cerebellum.



While people brood, time skips ahead without looking back.

While people brood, time skips ahead without looking back.



Everyone shares the same fate.

Everyone shares the same fate.



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The world is moving faster and faster, but where are we going?





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You have privacy if you retain the effective capacity to misrepresent yourself.



I'm lucky to have worked with all the people that I have, and I really love what I do, and that is very important, too.

I'm lucky to have worked with all the people that I have, and I really love what I do, and that is very important, too.



The ground of all religion, that which makes it possible, is the relation in which the human soul stands to God.

The ground of all religion, that which makes it possible, is the relation in which the human soul stands to God.



Our main work is, by the spirit of God, with the Word of God, to portray the glories of God as more beautiful and more satisfying than anything.

Our main work is, by the spirit of God, with the Word of God, to portray the glories of God as more beautiful and more satisfying than anything.



To give space when what one most yearns for is closeness, that is both the great test and great tragedy of love.

To give space when what one most yearns for is closeness, that is both the great test and great tragedy of love.



The specific danger is us; we are rampant; this earth is our only friend; we are destroying it increment by increment at a horrific rate. We must understand that we can't buy it back.

The specific danger is us; we are rampant; this earth is our only friend; we are destroying it increment by increment at a horrific rate. We must understand that we can't buy it back.




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