Human Nature

"These terrorists aren't trying to kill us because we offended them. They attack us because they want to impose their view of the world on as many people as they can, and America is standing in their w…"

"Churchill has renounced all British interests in Europe and those of his people who are not blind now realise that the pretext for this war was far removed from the cause of it, namely, the subservien…"

"It remains a source of disgust. It has long been an adage that people will shrug and say, "That's business," as though it's OK. You can't say, "Oh well, that's child molestation." You can't shrug and …"

"If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be admi…"

"The things people say of a man do not alter a man. He is what he is. Public opinion is of no value whatsoever."

"Because monks come from the midst of purity, they consider as good and pure what does not arouse desire among other people."

"The modern clercs have created in so-called cultivated society a positive romanticism of harshness. The have also created a romanticism of contempt."

"Ah, you flavour everything; you are the vanilla of society."

"The ability and the desire to transmit knowhow, intention, and insight to others around us have co-evolved with humanity itself. Mixed reality is a huge milestone in that human project of record keepi…"

"I believe one should design for the advantage of the largest mass of people, first and always. That takes care of ideologies and sociologies."

"Logically, humanity itself will also become a domesticate of this order as the world of production processes us as much as it degrades and deforms every other natural system."

"Get it straight, I'm not a humanitarian, I'ma hell-raiser."

"From an evolutionary perspective, the human races are all very similar variations of the same gene pool. The question that looms over all the social sciences, unanswered and largely unaddressed, is ho…"

"If the Communists conquered the world, it would be very unpleasant for a while, but not forever. But if the human race is wiped out, that is the end."

"The Frederick Chopin Society in Warsaw"

"If you can’t distinguish people from lap-dogs, you shouldn’t undertake philanthropic work."

"The people we’re talking about, once they get into ‘I want to kill a lot of people,’ it’s not a leap for them to see that these guns are made and designed for war. And if you look at the industry adve…"

"Exactly what useful work did those stockbrokers do to gain their enormous wealth, other than to exploit the people who work in industry, to take their money away and to make no useful contribution to …"

"As long as men will not be freed from their errors and delusions, humanity will not be able to go towards the accomplishment of its true destinies."

"We do not make the journey alone. Throughout the history of humanity , we have never been alone. We have been led and guided, taught, stimulated and protected ---- sometimes openly, but often from beh…"