To Do Evil A Human Being Must

When I Was Young, The Early Death Of My Father Cast A Shadow Over Me - And I Was Afraid To Die Before All My Literary Plans Came True. But Between 30 And 40 Years Of Age My Attitude To Death Became Quite Calm And Balanced. I Feel It Is A Natural, But No Means The Final, Milestone Of One's Existence.

... Scientists Have Made No Clear Effort To Become An Important, Independently Active Force Of Mankind. Whole Congresses At A Time, They Back Away From The Suffering Of Others; It Is More Comfortable To Stay Within The Bounds Of Science.

It Is Within The Power Of Writers And Artists To Do Much More: To Defeat The Lie!

In Military Science There Is A Principle More Important Than "forward": It Is That The Task Should Be Proportionate To The Means.

... The Inexorable Lesson Of Centuries: Suffering Must Be Borne; There Is No Way Out.