“The spiritual quest begins, for most people, as a search for meaning.”
The Aquarian Conspiracy (1980), Chapter Eleven, Spiritual Adventure: Connection to the Source
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“The spiritual quest is the expression of the deepest longing to connect with the Whole.”
Varadaraja V. Raman (1932) American physicist
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Truth and Tension in Science and Religion
Viktor E. Frankl (1905–1997) Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist, and Holocaust survivor
Source: Man's Search For Meaning: The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust
Julian Huxley (1887–1975) English biologist, philosopher, author
Transhumanism (1957)
Context: We are beginning to realize that even the most fortunate people are living far below capacity, and that most human beings develop not more than a small fraction of their potential mental and spiritual efficiency. The human race, in fact, is surrounded by a large area of unrealized possibilities, a challenge to the spirit of exploration.
Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980) Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar-- a professor of English literature, a literary critic, and a …
"Violence in the media." Canadian Forum. Volume 56, 1976, p. 9
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Richard Hofstadter (1916–1970) American historian
Source: Anti-Intellectualism in American Life (1974), p. 30
Carl Sagan (1934–1996) American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author and science educator
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Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1990 Update), One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue [Episode 2]
Context: All my life, I've wondered about life beyond the earth. On those countless other planets that we think circle other suns, is there also life? Might the beings of other worlds resemble us, or would they be astonishingly different? What would they be made of? In the vast Milky Way galaxy, how common is what we call life? The nature of life on earth and the quest for life elsewhere are the two sides of the same question: the search for who we are.
B.K.S. Iyengar (1918–2014) Indian yoga teacher and scholar
Light on Life: B.K.S. Iyengar's Yoga Insights
