Scientists Are Peeping Toms At The Keyhole

The Continuous Disasters Of Man's History Are Mainly Due To His Excessive Capacity And Urge To Become Identified With A Tribe, Nation, Church Or Cause, And To Espouse Its Credo Uncritically And Enthusiastically, Even If Its Tenets Are Contrary To Reason, Devoid Of Self-interest And Detrimental To The Claims Of Self-preservation.we Are Thus Driven To The Unfashionable Conclusion That The Trouble With Our Species Is Not An Excess Of Aggression, But An Excess Capacity For Fanatical Devotion.

Snobbery Is Not Merely A Silly Human Weakness But Something Basic In The Mentality Of Modern Man-a Symptom Which Reflects The General Sickness, The Dislocation Of Social And Cultural Values In Contemporary Civilization.

Nothing Is More Sad Than The Death Of An Illusion.

The Inner Censor Of The Mind Of The True Believer Completes The Work Of The Public Censor; His Self-discipline Is As Tyrannical As The Obedience Imposed By The Regime; He Terrorizes His Own Conscience Into Submission;he Carries His Private Iron Curtain Inside His Skull, To Protect His Illusions Against The Intrusion Of Reality.

I Am Not Sure Whether Ethical Absolutes Exist. But I Am Sure That We Have To Act As If They Existed Or Civilization Perishes.