"Beyond the brain, there is something that observes the brain itself."

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“All these philosophers are no more than surgeons.”

“Fortunately, when he lacks reason he also lacks words.”

“In such times, if you want neither to lie nor to wound, you are reduced to being silent.”

“Stars more beautiful to the eyes than the telescope that robs them of their illusions.”

“The punishment of those who have loved women too much is to love them forever.”

“Of what must be said and what must not be said. The importance of knowing.”

Resonant Thoughts

"God ~Since the remotest times, Mankind has always believed in something beyond human understanding, something transcendental that he idolized no matter whether there was question of personified or unp…"

— Franz Bardon

alternative medicine1909–1958

#life

"Tattoos are cool because they don’t belong on your body, but you put it there to say something about yourself. Much like my rolls of fat. That shit does not belong on a human body. And I put it there …"

— Dave Attell

Entertainment1965

#Human Nature

"I had the good fortune to have seen Meazza, and I thought of him when I saw Baggio play. Baggio has fantasy."

— Roberto Baggio

Politics1967

#mind

"I can sing in my brain…I sing in my brain all the time. It’s not quite the same as doing it physically. There’s a physical feeling in singing that’s just like skiing down a hill. Except better, becaus…"

— Linda Ronstadt

Music1946

#justice