If Wishes Were Fishes, We'd All Cast

A Creature Who Has Spent His Life Creating One Particular Representation Of His Selfdom Will Die Rather Than Become The Antithesis Of That Representation

Clinging To Any Form Of Conservatism Can Be Dangerous. Become Too Conservative And You Are Unprepared For Surprises. You Cannot Depend On Luck. Logic Is Blind And Often Knows Only Its Own Past. Logic Is Good For Playing Chess But Is Often Too Slow For The Needs Of Survival.

I Give You The Chameleon, Whose Ability To Blend Itself Into The Background Tells You All You Need To Know About The Roots Of Ecology And The Foundations Of A Personal Identity

The Hearts Of All Men Dwell In The Same Wilderness.

Anything Outside Yourself, This You Can See And Apply Your Logic To It. But It's A Human Trait That When We Encounter Personal Problems, These Things Most Deeply Personal Are The Most Difficult To Bring Out For Our Logic To Scan. We Tend To Flounder Around, Blaming Everything But The Actual, Deep-seated Thing That's Really Chewing On Us.