Of all the major religions, or lack thereof, the atheist's is one of the best pretenders: his foundation for all existences, as well as moral behaviors for the permanent good of mankind, begins at science but ends at himself, the Napoleon complex of both intelligence and imagination. On the other hand the anti-theist wouldn't survive without a deity beyond himself to hunt. He doesn't pretend, he simply nullifies his own position.
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There are things that can be fixed with an apology and things that can't.
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Always, the eye sees more than the mind can comprehend, and we go through life self-blinded to much that lies before us. We want a simple world, but we live in a magnificently complex one, and rather than open ourselves to it, we perceive the world through filters that make it less daunting.
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True, life is complex. But so are a great many accidents.
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My relationship with him was defined by these complex emotions, this mixture of gratitude and resentment.
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Smartass Disciple: Why do arrogant people like to say complex words?Master of Stupidity: Ask them straight! You'll get a simple scary version.
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It is always easier to destroy a complex system than to selectively alter it.
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Where such men love they have no desire and where they desire they cannot love
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I had discovered that learning something, no matter how complex, wasn't hard when I had a reason to want to know it.
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There's no such thing as complete when it comes to stories. Stories are infinite. They are as infinite as worlds.
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Saying something is far too simple is a doubter's way or trying to make the world more complex so he won't have answers.
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The act of consciousness is central; otherwise we are overrun by the complexes. The hero in each of us is required to answer the call of individuation. We must turn away from the cacaphony of the outerworld to hear the inner voice. When we can dare to live its promptings, then we achieve personhood. We may become strangers to those who thought they knew us, but at least we are no longer strangers to ourselves.
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Whenever something is engineered as complex, it is designed to keep you simple.
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