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Giants in Jeans: 100 Sonnets of United Earth

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“Giants in Jeans Sonnet 54 It is human nature to shed tears in agony, But taking pain to wipe another's tear is humanity. It's human nature to be sad at the loss of something, But giving up all to lift another is humanity. It is human nature to reply harm with more harm, But to stand unbending without violence is humanity. It is human nature to reply argument with argument, But knowing when to lose an argument is humanity. It is human nature to win by dragging others down, But defying competition to live a purpose is humanity. It is human nature to blame disparity on politicians, But to step up ensuring equity in one's area is humanity. Just because it’s human nature, doesn't make it civilized. We shall be civilized when we are no longer hypnotized.”

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Book:Giants in Jeans: 100 Sonnets of United Earth
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“Dank dieser und ähnlicher Tricks und Ausflüchte überstand das Hobbes'sche Tier im Menschen die moderne Sittenreform unbeschadet und intakt, in seiner ursprünglichen und potenten, kruden, ungehobelten, flegel- und rüpelhaften Form, die der Zivilisationsprozess zwar zu übertünchen und/ oder (wie bei der Verschiebung aggressiven Handelns vom Schlachtfeld ins Fußballstadion) 'outzusourcen', die er aber nicht zu zähmen, geschweige denn auszutreiben vermochte. Das Tier in uns liegt auf der Lauer, bereit, unter der erschreckend dünnen Tünche konventionellen Anstands hervorzubrechen - deren Zweck es lediglich ist, das Unansehnliche zu verbergen, und weniger, das Sinistre und Blutrünstige zu unterdrücken und wegzuschließen.”

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Book:Retrotopia
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“But I did not expect science merely to extend lifespan, feed the hungry, cure disease, and shrink the world with jets and cell phones. I also expected science to banish the evils of human thought—prejudice and superstition, irrational beliefs and false fears. I expected science to be, in Carl Sagan’s memorable phrase, “a candle in a demon-haunted world.” And here, I am not so pleased with the impact of science. Rather than serving as a cleansing force, science has in some instances been seduced by the more ancient lures of politics and publicity. Some of the demons that haunt our world in recent years are invented by scientists. The world has not benefited from permitting these demons to escape.”

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Book:State of Fear
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“I studied anthropology in college, and one of the things I learned was that certain human social structures always reappear. They can’t be eliminated from society. One of those structures is religion. Today it is said we live in a secular society in which many people—the best people, the most enlightened people—do not believe in any religion. But I think that you cannot eliminate religion from the psyche of mankind. If you suppress it in one form, it merely re-emerges in another form. Even if you don’t believe in any God, you still have to believe in something that gives meaning to your life, and shapes your sense of the world. Such a belief is religious.”

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Book:State of Fear
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