Some of us still get all weepy when we think about the Gaia Hypothesis, the idea that earth is a big furry goddess-creature who resembles everybody's mom in that she knows what's best for us. But if you look at the historical record -- Krakatoa, Mt. Vesuvius, Hurricane Charley, poison ivy, and so forth down the ages -- you have to ask yourself: Whose side is she on, anyway?
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There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.
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The images of the unconscious place a great responsibility upon a man. Failure to understand them, or a shirking of ethical responsibility, deprives him of his wholeness and imposes a painful fragmentariness on his life.
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You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.
Imitation is the sincerest form of television.
Imitation is the sincerest form of television.
Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
He who helps in the saving of others, Saves himself as well.
He who helps in the saving of others, Saves himself as well.
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.
You do not reform a world by ignoring it.
You do not reform a world by ignoring it.
Freedom of conscience entails more dangers than authority and despotism.
Freedom of conscience entails more dangers than authority and despotism.
