Conservatism is sometimes a symptom of sterility. Those who have nothing in them that can grow and develop must cling to what they have in beliefs, ideas and possessions. The sterile radical, too, is basically conservative. He is afraid to let go of the ideas and beliefs he picked up in his youth lest his life be seen as empty and wasted.
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It is a perplexing and unpleasant truth that when men already have "something worth fighting for," they do not feel like fighting.
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However different the holy causes people die for, they perhaps die basically for the same thing.
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Unbounded morality ultimately becomes counterproductive even in terms of the same moral principles being sought. The law of diminishing returns applies to morality.
Against stupidity the very gods fight in vain.
Against stupidity the very gods fight in vain.
