“In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.” CoursesTroubleMiddleExcess Author:Plautus
“The continuous disasters of man's history are mainly due to his excessive capacity and urge to become identified with a tribe, nation, church or cause, and to espouse its credo uncritically and enthusiastically, even if its tenets are contrary to reason, devoid of self-interest and detrimental to the claims of self-preservation.We are thus driven to the unfashionable conclusion that the trouble with our species is not an excess of aggression, but an excess capacity for fanatical devotion.” IfsMenSelfReasonNationsCausesInterestChurchTroubleCapacityClaimsSpeciesDuesDrivenContraryDisasterDevotionConclusionUrgesExcessAggressionTribesPreservationSelf InterestSelf PreservationDetrimentalCredo Author:Arthur Koestler
“In everything the middle course is best: all things in excess bring trouble to men. [Lat., Modus omnibus in rebus, soror, optimum est habitu; Nimia omnia nimium exhibent negotium hominibus ex se.]” MenCoursesTroubleMiddleAll ThingsExcessModerationExesOptimum Author:Plautus
“Aggressiveness is not the main trouble with the human species, but rather an excess capacity for fanatical devotion.” HumansTroubleCapacitySpeciesDevotionExcessHuman SpeciesAggressiveness Author:Arthur Koestler