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People need to realize:
None of this matters. Literally, nothing. These people These places These thoughts These feelings. Nothing matters at all. None of this will be remembered. Nothing is permanent. In the end, everything fades away. Eventually the sun will explode and destroy the earth. Eventually we’ll all just morph to dust. And then, in that moment. THAT will be true equality. And THAT will be the only...
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If you die before you die, you do not die when you die.
– — Angelus Silesius, mystic and poet (1634-1677)
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How amazing it is
That all people
Have this but cannot polish
It into bright...
– — Zhengue, Zen master (12th century)
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I’m sorry, but it’s been a long time since I’ve talked about certain things. So...
– Albert Camus (A Happy Death)
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Of course if we make good things, it is not only to the credit of science; it is...
– — Richard P. Feynman
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Spring morning on the lake:
The wind merges with the rain,
Worldly matters are...
– — Zhengue, Zen master (12th century)
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If man merely sat back and thought about his impending termination, and his...
– — Stanley Kubrick
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Future Zen master Dōgen's last conversation with...
- “My son, I do not have much time left in this world.” - “Mother, please do not say such a sad thing.” - “These days many people believe the teaching that if you place your faith in Buddha, you will reach paradise after you die. Yet I wonder if it is truly possible to ever reach paradise.” - “I do not know the answer, Mother.”
- “I believe...
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Carl Sagan passed away 15 years ago today...
loslocoskickyourblogs:
“In science it often happens that scientists say, “You know that’s a really good argument; my position is mistaken,” and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn’t happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot...
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What is so bad about dying, for example? It’s really no problem. When you...
– — Alan Watts
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To write my 10-page paper on Nietzsche tonight and be done with the semester and fight off sleep to do it even though I really don’t wanna and send to my professor just in time for him not to be angry with me
OR
go to sleep and do this stuff tomorrow.
Input?
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