This strange disease of modern life, with its sick hurry, its divided aims.

This strange disease of modern life, with its sick hurry, its divided aims.

We often despise what is most useful to us.

We often despise what is most useful to us.

Mutation is random; natural selection is the very opposite of random.

Mutation is random; natural selection is the very opposite of random.

...in the shaping of a life, chance and the ability to respond to chance are everything.

...in the shaping of a life, chance and the ability to respond to chance are everything.

Religion is not a matter of God, church, holy cause, etc. These are but accessories. The source of religious preoccupation read more

Religion is not a matter of God, church, holy cause, etc. These are but accessories. The source of religious preoccupation is in the self, or rather the rejection of the self. Dedication is the obverse side of self-rejection. Man alone is a religious animal because, as Montaigne points out, "it is a malady confined to man, and not seen in any other creature, to hate and despise ourselves.".

The present is saturated with the past and pregnant with the future.

The present is saturated with the past and pregnant with the future.

Anyone can see a forest fire. Skill lies in sniffing the first smoke.

Anyone can see a forest fire. Skill lies in sniffing the first smoke.

Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture.

Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture.

Man can be chained, but he cannot be domesticated.

Man can be chained, but he cannot be domesticated.