There is no feeling so simple that it is not immediately complicated and distorted by introspection. Reflections on Literature and Morality
Perhaps our greatest distinction as a species is our capacity, unique among animals, to make counter-evolutionary choices. Why Is Sex Fun?: The Evolution of Human Sexuality
He put on a little knapsack and he walked through Indiana and Kentucky and North Carolina and Georgia clear to Florida. He walked among farmers and mountain people, among swamp people and fishermen. And everywhere people asked him why he was walking through the country. Because he loved true things he tried to explain. Cannery Row
Species do not grow more perfect: the weaker dominate the strong, again and again--- the reason being that they are the great majority, and they are also cleverer. Darwin forgot the mind (---that is English!): the weak possess more mind. ... To acquire mind, one must need mind---one loses it when one no longer needs it. [Criticism of Darwin's Origin of Species.] Twilight of the Idols
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