The Bond With A Dog

The Competition Between Human Beings Destroys With Cold And Diabolic Brutality... Under The Pressure Of This Competitive Fury We Have Not Only Forgotten What Is Useful To Humanity As A Whole, But Even That Which Is Good And Advantageous To The Individual. [...] One Asks, Which Is More Damaging To Modern Humanity: The Thirst For Money Or Consuming Haste... In Either Case, Fear Plays A Very Important Role: The Fear Of Being Overtaken By One's Competitors, The Fear Of Becoming Poor, The Fear Of Making Wrong Decisions Or The Fear Of Not Being Up To Snuff...

Philosophers Are People Who Know Less And Less About More And More, Until They Know Nothing About Everything. Scientists Are People Who Know More And More About Less And Less, Until They Know Everything About Nothing.

The Instinctive Need To Be The Member Of A Closely Knit Group Fighting For Common Ideals May Grow So Strong That It Becomes Inessential What These Ideals Are.

All The Advantages That Man Has Gained From His Ever-deepening Understanding Of The Natural World That Surrounds Him, His Technological, Chemical And Medical Progress, All Of Which Should Seem To Alleviate Human Suffering... Tends Instead To Favor Humanity's Destruction.

In Nature We Find Not Only That Which Is Expedient, But Also Everything Which Is Not So Inexpedient As To Endanger The Existence Of The Species.