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Eagles soar, but weasels never get sucked into jet engines.
Eagles soar, but weasels never get sucked into jet engines.
Modern man lives isolated in his artificial environment, not because the artificial is evil as such, but because of his read more
Modern man lives isolated in his artificial environment, not because the artificial is evil as such, but because of his lack of comprehension of the forces which make it work- of the principles which relate his gadgets to the forces of nature, to the universal order. It is not central heating which makes his existence 'unnatural,' but his refusal to take an interest in the principles behind it. By being entirely dependent on science, yet closing his mind to it, he leads the life of an urban barbarian.
It is easier to show the disorder that must accompany reform than the order that should follow it.
It is easier to show the disorder that must accompany reform than the order that should follow it.
In history the way of annihilation is invariably prepared by inward degeneration, by decrease of life. Only then can a read more
In history the way of annihilation is invariably prepared by inward degeneration, by decrease of life. Only then can a shock from outside put an end to the whole.
Organizational progress parallels that in science and technology, permitting ultimate simplicity through intermediate complexity.
Organizational progress parallels that in science and technology, permitting ultimate simplicity through intermediate complexity.
Man can be chained, but he cannot be domesticated.
Man can be chained, but he cannot be domesticated.
He who allows oppression shares the crime.
He who allows oppression shares the crime.
The Darwinian theory is in principle capable of explaining life. No other theory that has ever been suggested is in read more
The Darwinian theory is in principle capable of explaining life. No other theory that has ever been suggested is in principle capable of explaining life.
The rich man in his castle, the poor man at his gate, God made them, high or lowly, and ordered read more
The rich man in his castle, the poor man at his gate, God made them, high or lowly, and ordered their estate.