“When we know not we are inhuman, there is no question of being human.”
Source: Giants in Jeans: 100 Sonnets of United Earth
“The moon is my apology for silence”
“Wanna know about people's character? Walk around in shabby clothes.”
Source: Giants in Jeans: 100 Sonnets of United Earth
“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.”
Source: Giants in Jeans: 100 Sonnets of United Earth
“In the modern world, the threat to human life and safety now comes almost exclusively from other human beings.”
Source: Unbound: How Eight Technologies Made Us Human and Brought Our World to the Brink
“People don't always practice what they preach, don't act on their convictions, and that's excusable, especially in our time. Lots of strange things happen when people are beside themselves with grief. Don't you agree?”
Source: Chinese Lives: An Oral History of Contemporary China
“It's amazing how we unconsciously magnify the things we don't want.”
Source: My Quarter-of-a-Century Life Lessons:Building a Foundation for Success
“What are we without principles, nothing but a bag of animal flesh.”
Source: Giants in Jeans: 100 Sonnets of United Earth
“Ours is either aşkistan, land of love founded on amity, or it is an archaic junglistan, run by contagious self-centricity.”
Source: Solo Standing on Guard: Life Before Law
“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.”
Source: Retrotopia