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"One can never know enough. The unknown and its call lies even in what we know."

Eduardo Chillida, Spanish Sculptor

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"One can never know enough. The unknown and its call lies even in what we know."

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"Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted from it by the filmiest of screens, there lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different."

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"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown."

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