“What is peace? Balance three iron skewers tip to tip, one upon the other; at the summit, emplace an egg, so that it too poises static in mid-air, and there you have the condition of peace in this world of men.” CivilizationHuman ConditionWar PeaceSociet Author:Jack Vance
“You used the word "civilization", which means a set of abstractions, symbols, conventions. Experience tends to be vicarious; emotions are predigested and electrical; ideas become more real than things.” MeanIdeasRealUsedEmotionCivilizationExperienceSymbolsConventionsAbstractionElectricalVicarious Author:Jack Vance
