“Alexander wept when he heard from Anaxarchus that there was an infinite number of worlds; and his friends asking him if any accident had befallen him, he returns this answer: "Do you not think it a matter worthy of lamentation that when there is such a vast multitude of them, we have not yet conquered one?” IfsThinkingWorldMatterAnswersNumbersHeardReturnInfiniteAskingWorthyAccidentsMultitudesLamentation Book:Plutarch's Morals Source: Plutarch's Morals
“Every day people engaged in the clever defiance of their own intuition become, in midthought, victims of violence and accidents. So when we wonder why we are victims so often, the answer is clear: It is because we are so good at it.” PeopleAnswersWonderClearViolenceVictimIntuitionAccidentsCleverEngagedDefiance Book:The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals that Protect Us from Violence Source: The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals that Protect Us from Violence