Reason's biological function is to preserve and promote life and to postpone its extinction as long as possible. Thinking and acting are not contrary to nature; they are, rather, the foremost features of man's nature. The most appropriate description of man as differentiated from nonhuman beings is: a being purposively struggling against the forces adverse to his life.
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Dare to be wrong and to dream.
Dare to be wrong and to dream.
Self-righteousness is a manifestation of self-contempt.
Self-righteousness is a manifestation of self-contempt.
The easier it is to do, the harder it is to change.
The easier it is to do, the harder it is to change.
Obscurity is the refuge of incompetence.
Obscurity is the refuge of incompetence.
We cannot hate those who we despise.
We cannot hate those who we despise.
We are unified both by hating in common and by being hated in common.
We are unified both by hating in common and by being hated in common.
