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At this point in history, the most radical, pervasive, and earth-shaking transformation would occur simply if everybody truly evolved to a mature, rational, and responsible ego, capable of freely participating in the open exchange of mutual self-esteem. There is the "edge of history." There would be a real New Age.

— Ken Wilber Up From Eden (1981)

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An argument can be legitimately sustained only if the participants are speaking about the same level.

The Spectrum of Consciousness (1993)

There is intersubjectivity woven into the very fabric of the Kosmos at all levels.

A Brief History of Everything (1996)

Human beings undergo psychological development. At each level or stage of development, they will see the world in a different way.

Which Level of God Do You Believe In? (2004)

An integral approach is based on one basic idea: no human mind can be 100% wrong. Or, we might say, nobody is smart enough to be wrong all the time.

Forward to Integral Medicine: A Noetic Reader (2003)

Attunement could occur through any of the great religions, but would be tied exclusively to none of them.

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The greater part of humanity is too much harassed and fatigued by the struggle with want, to rally itself for a new and sterner struggle with error.

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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

George Bernard Shaw Maxims for Revolutionists (1903)

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