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We like lists because we don't want to die.


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When men stop believing in God, it isn't that they then believe in nothing: they believe in everything.

When men stop believing in God, it isn't that they then believe in nothing: they believe in everything.



If you interact with things in your life, everything is constantly changing. And if nothing changes, you're an idiot.

If you interact with things in your life, everything is constantly changing. And if nothing changes, you're an idiot.



I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.

I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.



Absence is to love as wind is to fire: it extinguishes the little flame, it fans the big.

Absence is to love as wind is to fire: it extinguishes the little flame, it fans the big.



There are four types: the cretin, the imbecile, the stupid and the mad. Normality is a balanced mixture of all four.

There are four types: the cretin, the imbecile, the stupid and the mad. Normality is a balanced mixture of all four.



I love the smell of book ink in the morning.

I love the smell of book ink in the morning.



To survive, you must tell stories.

To survive, you must tell stories.



But Italy is not an intellectual country. On the subway in Tokyo everybody reads. In Italy, they don't. Don't evaluate Italy from the fact that it produced Raphael and Michelangelo.

But Italy is not an intellectual country. On the subway in Tokyo everybody reads. In Italy, they don't. Don't evaluate Italy from the fact that it produced Raphael and Michelangelo.



Poetry is not a matter of feelings, it is a matter of language. It is language which creates feelings.

Poetry is not a matter of feelings, it is a matter of language. It is language which creates feelings.



We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.

We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.





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Any system of ethics must account for scarcity. If it doesn’t, humanity would perish due to misallocation of finite resources, including one’s own body.




Whatever a man does he must do first in his mind.

Whatever a man does he must do first in his mind.



Blind obedience is a sure sign of trouble. The likelihood of religion becoming evil is greatly diminished when there is freedom for individual thinking and when honest inquiry is encouraged.

Blind obedience is a sure sign of trouble. The likelihood of religion becoming evil is greatly diminished when there is freedom for individual thinking and when honest inquiry is encouraged.



Go and lie down in the dark... for hours... and don't move. I'm locking the door now

Go and lie down in the dark... for hours... and don't move. I'm locking the door now



I found golf was too time consuming, but I did enjoy it.

I found golf was too time consuming, but I did enjoy it.



When I write a paper, I change my notation much more than I change my concepts.

When I write a paper, I change my notation much more than I change my concepts.



I've experienced several different healing methodologies over the years - counseling, self-help seminars, and I've read a lot - but none of them will work unless you really want to heal.

I've experienced several different healing methodologies over the years - counseling, self-help seminars, and I've read a lot - but none of them will work unless you really want to heal.



I know who made the environment and he's coming back and going to burn it all up. So yes, I drive an SUV.

I know who made the environment and he's coming back and going to burn it all up. So yes, I drive an SUV.



The wheel is an extension of the foot, the book is an extension of the eye, clothing an extension of the skin, electric circuitry an extension of the central nervous system.

The wheel is an extension of the foot, the book is an extension of the eye, clothing an extension of the skin, electric circuitry an extension of the central nervous system.




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