“The belief that one’s own view of reality is the only reality is the most dangerous of all delusions.”
—Paul Watzlawick (via @rebeccawalker)
—Paul Watzlawick (via @rebeccawalker)
... paw into it.
Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.
—Eartha Kitt
From Marc Estrin's Insect Dreams | my notes for this book
—Albert Einstein (according to Tim O'Reilly)
... she seemed neither to entertain nor to consider anything of our circumstance; she was beyond all that now. She did nothing but love us, and dwell in the world of collapse and delight.
—Mark Doty, Still Life with Oysters and Lemon