Truth, a compass, sleep, divine intervention, experience, belief, and a fortune

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One who does not need truth, is needed by truth.

A compass, too close to that for which it points‑ within such a proximity the needle spins wildly in all directions and the lost man follows it, not realizing that such crazed imprecision suggests one is undeniably close to the instrument's intention.

Goal‑less action. Everything else is reaction.

Sleep sensed itself coming on; sleep is another being.*

Life is divine intervention.

Stand by what comes out of you, not by what goes in.

Don't be sane.

Pare down, then build from within.

What is experience? What is perience?

Belief is a dangerous haven. Disbelief is the only guarantee that one will not rob oneself of a great wealth by fanatically safeguarding a much smaller fortune.

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These fragments are taken from unpublished writings by Jack Haas, selected from the notebooks 1990-2005.