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Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure.

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Quote of the Week 44 “ Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. ” ―  Jeremy Bentham - An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation Triggered by the citation in A Brief History of Intelligence: Why the Evolution of the Brain Holds the Key to the Future of AI  (pg. 43) by Max Bennett. Related: “ Nature is neither pleasant nor painful. It is all intelligence and beauty. Pain and pleasure are in the mind.” ― Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj “ Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness.” ―  Ramana Maharshi

Fanaticism is always a sign of repressed doubt.

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Quote of the Week 43 “ Fanaticism is always a sign of repressed doubt. ” ― Carl Gustav Jung

Only one who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible.

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Quote of the Week 42 “Only one who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible. ” ― Miguel de Unamuno   Triggered by the misattribution of a variant of the quote to M.C. Escher : “Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible. ”

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

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Quote of the Week 41 “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. ” ―  Albert Einstein   Triggered by the citation in  A Brain for Innovation: The Neuroscience of Imagination and Abstract Thinking (English Edition) by  Jung, Min W. (2023).   Related : “ Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.” ― Albert Einstein