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Given our puny knowledge, we can’t not accept living in the midst of mystery. It is precisely because mystery exists and is so great around us that those who claim to hold the keys to the mystery cannot be trusted.
Carlo Rovelli • Anaximander: And the Birth of Science
has made us the masters of creation.
Yuval Noah Harari • Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Amongst the Bogomils whose names have survived are Jeremiah (thought by some to be the pseudonym of Bogomil himself), who wrote the widely circulated tract The Legend of the Cross,
Sean Martin • The Cathars: The Most Successful Heresy of the Middle Ages
Along the banks of the Ohio, and throughout the central valley, there are frequently found, at this day, tumuli raised by the hands of men. On exploring these heaps of earth to their centre, it is usual to meet with human bones, strange instruments, arms and utensils of all kinds, made of metal, or destined for purposes unknown to the present race.
... See moreAlexis de Tocqueville • Democracy in America, Volume I and II (Optimized for Kindle)
But I shall follow the endless, winding way,—the flowing river in the cave of man; careless whither I be led, reckless where I land.