Man is always marveling at what he has blown apart, never at what the universe has put together, and this is his limitation.
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The creative element in the mind of man . . . emerges in as mysterious a fashion as those elementary particles which leap into momentary existence in great cyclotrons, only to vanish again like infinitesimal ghosts.Loren Eiseley
One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human.
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The future is neither ahead nor behind, on one side or another. Nor is it dark or light. It is contained within ourselves its evil and good areperpetually within us.
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The great artist, whether he be musician, painter, or poet, is known for this absolute unexpectedness.
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You think that way as you begin to get grayer and you see pretty plainly that the game is not going to end as you planned.
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