Activity does not necessarily mean life. Quasars are active. And a monk meditating is not inanimate.
Philip K. DickWhat is possible and what is not possible is not objectively known but is, rather, a subjective belief on the part of the author and of the reader.
Philip K. DickThe day came. The wrath descended. Sin, guilt, and retribution? The manic psychoses of those entities we referred to as states, institutions, systems - the powers, the thrones, the dominations - the things which perpetually merge with men and emerge from them? Our darkness, externalized and visible? However you look upon these matters, the critical point was reached. The wrath descended.
Philip K. DickI never liked the idea of doing what a machine says. I hate having to salute something built in a factory.
Philip K. Dick