I have amazing news for you. Man is not alone on this planet. He is part of a community, upon which he depends absolutely.
("Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit")
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Do you see the slightest evidence anywhere in the universe that creation came to an end with the birth of man? Do you see the slightest evidence anywhere out there that man was the climax toward which creation had been straining from the beginning? ...Very far from it. The universe went on as before, the planet went on as before. Man's appearance caused no more stir than the appearance of jellyfish.
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