
“I fear that we live in a world in which war and racism are ubiquitous, in which the powers of government mobilization and legitimization are powerful and increasing, in which a sense of personal responsibility is increasingly attenuated by specialization and bureaucratization, and in which the peer group exerts tremendous pressures on behavior and sets moral norms. In such a world, I fear, modern governments that wish to commit mass murder will seldom fail in their efforts for being unable to induce “ordinary men” to become their “willing executioners.”
― Ordinary Men
― Ordinary Men

“True leadership, true and genuine leading requires intelligence, an independent mind, the ability to delay gratification, the ability to think long term, and above all else a spine.”
― Curse of the High IQ
― Curse of the High IQ

“... back then the sky seemed so vast.
And now the sky above me... is low, and narrow, and heavy.”
― Solanin
And now the sky above me... is low, and narrow, and heavy.”
― Solanin

“Happiness" describes moments, and it's never permanent.”
― Goodnight Punpun Omnibus, Vol. 1
― Goodnight Punpun Omnibus, Vol. 1

“Nature always wins. It has never lost, and I pray it never will.”
― Harassment Architecture
― Harassment Architecture
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