It's the sides of the mountain which sustain life, not the top.
("Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values")
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When analytic thought, the knife, is applied to experience, something is always killed in the process.
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Any effort that has self-glorification as its final endpoint is bound to end in disaster.
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One geometry cannot be more true than another; it can only be more convenient. Geometry is not true, it is advantageous.
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The real purpose of the scientific method is to make sure nature hasn't misled you into thinking you know something you actually don't know.
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