First we try to preserve ourselves, until we see that we can't. Then we try to preserve our children, until we see we can't. Then we act to preserve our kin, and then our village or tribe, and when we see we can't preserve even them, then we act in order to preserve our memory. And if we can't do that, what is left? We finally have the perspective of trying to act for the good of humanity as a whole Or despairing

Individual people always sacrifice for the sake of the community. When it matters enough, people sometimes even die, willingly, for the good of the community t…

Is he really a believer? Father thinks so. He says the older you get, the more you believe in god, whatever face he wears

The only perspective that matters is the human one, Tagiri knew. We are the only ones who care; we are the actors and the audience as well, all of us. And the …

Forsaken, fucking in the cold, eating each other, lost runny noses, complaining all the time like so many people that we know

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

It is still an open question as to whether mankind or insects shall ultimately inherit the earth. It is my opinion that mankind ... has about a 50-50 chance....