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Gravity Dreams QUOTES

Gravity Dreams QUOTES

1 " The difference between truth and honesty is the difference between the riverbed and the river. "

― L.E. Modesitt Jr. , Gravity Dreams

2 " Power beyond great power allows honesty and compels those in such a society to demand it. "

― L.E. Modesitt Jr. , Gravity Dreams

3 " Those who err without understanding shall die without comprehending. "

― L.E. Modesitt Jr. , Gravity Dreams

4 " Accept what is until you may understand it. "

― L.E. Modesitt Jr. , Gravity Dreams

5 " Amazing how what you didn’t have kept coming to mind. "

― L.E. Modesitt Jr. , Gravity Dreams

6 " Explanation is not awareness. "

― L.E. Modesitt Jr. , Gravity Dreams

7 " Freedom and ignorance are incapable of long coexistence. "

― L.E. Modesitt Jr. , Gravity Dreams

8 " Except for the occasional great person or hero, or tragedy, death has always been personal, affecting one individual and the handful of people who cared about that dead individual. The rest of society went on, and that had been true as far back as the ancient pyramids and great walls, and remained true, and would doubtless remain so into the far future. "

― L.E. Modesitt Jr. , Gravity Dreams

9 " Life offers no theology. There is but music and dance. "

― L.E. Modesitt Jr. , Gravity Dreams

10 " The universe exists independent of the anthropic principle…so does overspace,” continued Krigisa. There was a significant difference between existence and understanding, between reaction and proaction—or were intelligence and planning merely illusions? Were we genetically programmed to respond, merely rationalizing our actions after the facts? "

― L.E. Modesitt Jr. , Gravity Dreams

11 " There is no “truth,” for the very term requires both conformity with physically verifiable reality and adherence to the underlying belief system of the “truth-seeker.” Belief systems, by definition, place faith in the unknowable above factual verification, while facts stand independent of faith. "

― L.E. Modesitt Jr. , Gravity Dreams

12 " It’s harder than anyone can tell you it will be, and easier than what you fear. No one else can do what we do. It sounds arrogant, but it’s not, and you have to remember that, outside the Web, you’re only a demon. "

― L.E. Modesitt Jr. , Gravity Dreams

13 " As soon as a thing is named, its essence is limited, if not lost, for nothing is limited to its name. "

― L.E. Modesitt Jr. , Gravity Dreams

14 " No memories? What were we but memories governed by a form of intelligence, seeking to make our lives in some way memorable? Trying to attain dreams that would secure such remembrance? "

― L.E. Modesitt Jr. , Gravity Dreams

15 " You smile, but I’ve seen my share of greatness over the years, and it’s not a blessing. The only difficulty is that escaping greatness brings an even greater curse. "

― L.E. Modesitt Jr. , Gravity Dreams

16 " All life is sorrow. "

― L.E. Modesitt Jr. , Gravity Dreams

17 " Strive not for beauty of raiment, nor for stately dwellings…behold the lilac. "

― L.E. Modesitt Jr. , Gravity Dreams

18 " The objective universe is absolutely unreal. "

― L.E. Modesitt Jr. , Gravity Dreams

19 " Dzin philosophy insisted that true ignorance was far superior to shallow knowledge. "

― L.E. Modesitt Jr. , Gravity Dreams

20 " Concentrate on being aware of what is; seek no explanations; seek but awareness. "

― L.E. Modesitt Jr. , Gravity Dreams