I mean, after all, you have to consider we're only made out of dust. That's admittedly not much to go on and we shouldn't forget that. But even considering, I mean it's sort of a bad beginning, we're not doing too bad. So I personally have faith that even in this lousy situation we're faced with we can make it. You get me?
Interpretation
Despite our humble origins as mere dust, we have the potential to overcome our circumstances and achieve greatness.
Philip K. Dick reflects on the nature of existence, highlighting the idea that despite being composed of insignificant matter, humanity has the capacity to strive for success and find meaning. He acknowledges the challenging conditions we face, yet emphasizes the importance of having faith in our ability to navigate and improve our situations, thereby finding hope and purpose even in adversity.
In practice
This quote can be used in a motivational speech to encourage people to believe in their abilities despite adversity.
We are living in a computer-programmed reality, and the only clue we have to it is when some variable is changed, and some alteration in reality occurs. We have the overwhelming impression that we were reliving the present - deja vu.
Don't try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night.
On some other world, possibly it is different. Better. There are clear good and evil alternatives. Not these obscure admixtures, these blends, with no proper tool by which to untangle the components.
"Do you have information that there's an android in the cast? I'd be glad to help you, and if I were an android would I be glad to help you?" "An android," he said, "doesn't care what happens to another android. That's one of the indications we look for." "Then," Miss Luft said, "you must be an android."
The universe is information and we are stationary in it, not three dimensional and not in space or time.
A man is an angel that has gone deranged.
If people tell you that _x000D_ you should live your life preparing for the future, do not believe _x000D_ them. Real Life is found only in the present.
Remember: The best deceivers do everything they can to cloak their roguish qualities. They cultivate an air of honesty in one area to disguise their dishonesty in others. Honesty is merely another decoy in their arsenal of weapons.
I'm neither an optimist nor a pessimist. I am a dyed-in-the-woo l possibilist! By this, I mean with an eco-mind, we see that everything's connected and change is the only constant.
I understood that there was no escaping the memories, that I was surround by them. (p.30)
It is easy to see that when republican virtue fails, slavery ensues.
Now and again, it is necessary to seclude yourself among deep mountain and hidden valleys to restore your link to the source of life.
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