You have a pet theory, one you have been turning over for years, that life itself is a kind of Rube Goldberg device, an extremely complicated machine designed to carry out the extremely simple task of constructing your soul.

Kevin Brockmeier
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The quote says that our lives are made hard by our own ideas. Life would be easier if we could find something to believe in. But, it is better to be the person who makes up their own beliefs. After all, those who arrive at those beliefs for themselves may be wrong, but they are also happy and content with their own beliefs which makes them a good person. Also, there is no real proof that anything is true or false, so we should just live as we feel and let the rest take care of itself.

Source: The View From The Seventh Layer

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