The Highest to which people can attain is wonder; and if the prime phe…

Alan Watts
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The Highest to which people can attain is wonder; and if the prime phenomenon makes them wonder, let them be content; nothing higher can it give them, and nothing further should they seek for behind it; there is the limit.
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