If the last to know he’s an addict is the addict, then maybe the last to know when a man means what he says is the man himself, he reflected.
Interpretation
The quote reflects on self-awareness and the struggle individuals face in recognizing their own truths.
In this quote, Philip K. Dick muses on the themes of addiction and authenticity. He suggests that just as an addict may be the last to recognize their addiction, a person may also be the last to understand the sincerity of their own words. This highlights the challenges of self-reflection and the difficulty of being truly honest with oneself, pointing to the complex nature of human consciousness and perception.
In practice
This quote could be used in a discussion on addiction recovery to emphasize the importance of self-awareness.
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.
The Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms.
Assume that people are good until you actually and specifically learn differently. And even then, know that they have potential for change and that you can help them out.
If freedom is a requisite for human happiness, then all that’s necessary is to provide the illusion of freedom.
I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism. What I hate is agnosticism, people who do not choose.
Peace is a very complicated concept. When the lion gobbles up the lamb and wipes his lips, then there's peace. Well, I ain't for that peace at all.
Western interests: imperialism, colonialism, exploitation, racism, and other negative -isms.
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