[..] the values to which people cling most stubbornly under inappropriate conditions are those values that were previously the source of their greatest triumphs. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
"One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin." Metamorphosis and Other Stories
“We see the world, not as it is, but as we are──or, as we are conditioned to see it.” The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People
A hungry people listens not to reason, nor cares for justice, nor is bent by any prayers. De Brevitate Vitae
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