The shape of our lives is defined by our insertion into institutions and systems whose interlocking power generates the "virtual reality" we experience. Such 'knowledge' is so thoroughly a part of our worldview that it simply would not occur to most people to question it. Yet underneath this reality is another, subinstitutional reality in which very different responses are simply acted out. This is the reality in which everyone, until very recently, lived. -David Schwartz.
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cradle.
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cradle.
Never swap horses crossing a stream.
Never swap horses crossing a stream.
Your current safe boundries were once unknown frontiers. -Unknown.
Your current safe boundries were once unknown frontiers. -Unknown.
It is never too late to become what you might have been. -George Eliot.
It is never too late to become what you might have been. -George Eliot.
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The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble.
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For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.
When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.
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Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favour. Andrea Ayvazian -Robert Frost (1874-1963).
We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't, it is easier to ignore the facts than to read more
We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't, it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions. -Jessamyn West.
