The mind knows. . . that there is an action principle that governs how the world evolves from … - Neal Stephenson

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I also love fall, when it starts to rain, or even just before the rain - that is the most inspiring thing.

Neal Stephenson

The mind knows. . . that there is an action principle that governs how the world evolves from one moment to the next - that restricts our world's path to points that tell an internally consistent story.

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Until a man is twenty-five, he still thinks, every so often, that under the right circumstances he could be the baddest motherfucker in the world. If I moved to a martial-arts monastery in China and studied real hard for ten years. If my family was wiped out by Colombian drug dealers and I swore myself to revenge. If I got a fatal disease, had one year to live, and devoted it to wiping out street crime. If I just dropped out and devoted my life to being bad.

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Ninety-nine percent of everything that goes on in most Christian churches has nothing whatsoever to do with the actual religion. Intelligent people all notice this sooner or later, and they conclude that the entire one hundred percent is bullshit, which is why atheism is connected with being intelligent in people's minds.

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When you are wrestling for possession of a sword, the man with the handle always wins.

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You should not believe a thing only because you like to believe it. We call that 'Diax's Rake.

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See, the world is full of things more powerful than us. But if you know how to catch a ride, you can go places.

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I also love fall, when it starts to rain, or even just before the rain - that is the most inspiring thing.

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I'm fortunate to make any money as a blogger.

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Ozorne, my precious, where are you? - Rikash Moonsword

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The most important benefit of patience consists in the way it acts as a powerful antidote to the affliction of anger - the greatest threat to our inner peace, and therefore our happiness. The mind, or spirit, is not physical, it cannot be touched or harmed directly. Only negative thoughts and emotions can harm it. Therefore, only the corresponding positive quality can protect it.

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