If We Define Futurism As An Exploration

... Motivating People, Forcing Them To Your Will, Gives You A Cynical Attitude Toward Humanity. It Degrades Everything It Touches.

Most Lives Are A Flight From Selfhood. Most Prefer The Truths Of The Stable. You Stick Your Head Into The Stanchions And Munch Contentedly Until You Die. Others Use You For Their Purposes. Not Once Do You Look Outside The Stable To Lift Your Head And Be Your Own Creature.

When You Think You Know Something: That Is A Most Perfect Barrier Against Learning.

It Is Said That There Is A Principle Of Conflict Which Originated With The Single Cell And Has Never Deteriorated.

Confine Yourself To Observing And You Always Miss The Point Of Your Life. The Object Can Be Stated This Way: Live The Best Life You Can. Life Is A Game Whose Rules You Learn If You Leap Into It And Play It To The Hilt. Otherwise, You Are Caught Off Balance, Continually Surprised By The Shifting Play. Non-players Often Whine And Complain That Luck Always Passes Them By. They Refuse To See That They Can Create Some Of Their Own Luck. Darwi Odrade - Chapterhouse: Dune