"Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence."

Existence, Infinite, Self, Spiritual

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"Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence."

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"In an unfathomable expanse of universe supporting galaxies of star systems with orbiting planets innumerable, I am nothing. And yet to the few bodies encircling my tiny little spot in the world, I am essential."

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"But, you see, it's not what you do that matters really. It's only you.""Me what?""Just you here. Or you in the city. Or you somewhere in the world. I don't know. Just that."

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"Existence really is an imperfect tense that never becomes a present."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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"I am alive because you want me to."

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"It is a subliminal thing. It is the tick of a clock that has ticked so long one no longer notices. Something is in a room when a man lives in it. Something is not in the room when a man is dead in it."

Ray Bradbury, American Writer

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"Each individual is born into life as a creation from the source, and as an inhabitant and visitor to this planet."

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