Quote of the day 8/8

The world is like a ride in an amusement park and when you choose to go on it you think it’s real because that’s how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and around and around and it has thrills and chills and it’s very brightly colored and it’s very loud. And it’s fun - for a while. Some people have been on the ride for a long time, and they begin to question; is this real? Or is this just a ride? And other people have remembered, and they come back to us, and they say, “Hey, don’t worry, don’t be afraid, ever, because… this is just a ride.”

And we kill those people. … “Shut him up! We have a lot invested in this ride, shut him up! Look at my furrows of worry, look at my big bank account, and my family. … This has to be real.” - It’s just a ride. But we always kill those good guys that tell us that, you ever notice that? .. and let the demons run ‘em up… but it doesn’t matter, because it’s just a ride, and we can change it any time we want it’s only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings of money. A choice right now between fear and love. The eyes of fear once you put bigger locks on your door, buy guns, close yourself off. - The eyes of love instead, see all of us as one.

Here’s what we can do to change the world, right now into a better ride. Take all that money we spend on weapons and defense each year, and instead spend it feeding, clothing, educating the poor of the world, which it would do many times over.
- Bill Hicks

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