The Cat Is A Wild Animal That

The Attitude Of The True Scientist Towards The Real Limits Of Human Understanding Was Unforgettably Impressed On Me In Early Youth By The Obviously Unpremeditated Words Of A Great Biologist; Alfred Kuhn Finished A Lecture To The Austrian Academy Of Science With Goethe 's Words, "it Is The Greatest Joy Of The Man Of Thought To Have Explored The Explorable And Then Calmly To Revere The Inexplorable." After The Last Word He Hesitated, Raised His Hand In Repudiation And Cried, Above The Applause, "no, Not Calmly, Gentlemen; Not Calmly!

The Neuro-physiological Organization Which We Call Instinct Functions In A Blindly Mechanical Way, Particularly Apparent When Its Function Goes Wrong.

A Man Sufficiently Gifted With Humor Is In Small Danger Of Succumbing To Flattering Delusions About Himself, Because He Cannot Help Perceiving What A Pompous Ass He Would Become If He Did.

All Too Willingly Man Sees Himself As The Centre Of The Universe, As Something Not Belonging To The Rest Of Nature But Standing Apart As A Different And Higher Being. Many People Cling To This Error And Remain Deaf To The Wisest Command Ever Given By A Sage, The Famous "know Thyself" Inscribed In The Temple Of Delphi.

Evil, By Definition, Is That Which Endangers The Good, And The Good Is That Which We Perceive As A Value.