“One
can fight evil but against stupidity one is helpless… I have accepted
the fact, hard as it may be, that human beings are inclined to behave in
ways that would make animals blush. The ironic, the tragic thing is
that we often behave in ignoble fashion from what we consider the
highest motives. The animal makes no excuse for killing his prey; the
human animal, on the other hand, can invoke God’s blessing when
massacring his fellow men. He forgets that God is not on his side but at his side.”
~ Henry Miller from On Turning Eighty, which is a wonderfully fascinating read on the perspective that 80 years gives you.
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