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“Animals don't behave like men,' he said. 'If they have to fight, they fight; and if they have to kill they kill. But they don't sit down and set their wits to work to devise ways of spoiling other creatures' lives and hurting them. They have dignity and animality.”

Book:Watership Down

Work

Watership Down

Richard Adams' Watership Down is a richly detailed tale that follows a group of rabbits as they flee their warren and embark on a perilous journey to find a safe haven. The story delves into the complexities of rabbit society, the nature of leadership, and the importance of community, all while highlighting the beauty and dangers of the natural world. more

Author

Richard Adams

Richard Adams, born on May 9, 1920 in the United Kingdom, was a renowned British novelist. His most famous work, 'Animal Farm', is a satirical novel that uses the story of an animal rebellion to reveal the flaws of human society. Adams' other works are also appreciated for their profound meaning and unique narrative style. more

“The man who refuses to judge, who neither agrees nor disagrees, who declares that there are no absolutes and believes that he escapes responsibility, is the man responsible for all the blood that is now spilled in the world. Reality is an absolute, existence is an absolute, a speck of dust is an absolute and so is a human life. Whether you live or die is an absolute. Whether you have a piece of bread or not, is an absolute. Whether you eat your bread or see it vanish into a looter's stomach, is an absolute. There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil. The man who is wrong still retains some respect for truth, if only by accepting the responsibility of choice. But the man in the middle is the knave who blanks out the truth in order to pretend that no choice or values exist, who is willing to sit out the course of any battle, willing to cash in on the blood of the innocent or to crawl on his belly to the guilty, who dispenses justice by condemning both the robber and the robbed to jail, who solves conflicts by ordering the thinker and the fool to meet each other halfway. In any compromise between food and poison, it is only death that can win. In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit. In that transfusion of blood which drains the good to feed the evil, the compromise is the transmitting rubber tube.”

Evil Compromise Judgement Absolute Conflict Resolution Indecisiveness

Book:Atlas Shrugged

Source: Atlas Shrugged

“Patience, more than the ability to bear pains or endure waiting, is to be calm no matter what happens – constantly take action to turn it to positive growth opportunities – and have faith to believe that it will all work out in the end while you are waiting.”