"Any society which gives lip-service to the idea of equal opportunity is going to generate jealousy of others who are better off than you are, even if the thing that's in short supply can't be carved up and shared without destroying it."

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Source : John Brunner (2011). “Stand on Zanzibar”, p.216, Macmillan

John Brunner

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“To observe and watch one's own mind is something really interesting. The untrained mind will run and follow its old habit patterns. Because it has not been trained and taught, it will get lost in all kinds of stories and issues. Therefore we have to train our mind. The meditation practice in Buddhism is all about training one's own mind.”
“So how on earth can I bring a child into the world, knowing that such sorrow lies ahead, that it is such a large part of what it means to be human? I'm not sure. That's my answer: I'm not sure.”
“Hypnosis is a powerful force and in my opinion should be employed only by the best-trained and most ethical professionals for very important reasons.”
“People make excuses [for not wanting to fight me]. It has a lot to do with my style. I'm a crafty fighter but I can also punch.”
“To be 'for animals' is not to be 'against humanity.' To require others to treat animals justly, as their rights require, is not to ask for anything more nor less in their case than in the case of any human to whom just treatment is due. The animal rights movement is a part of, not opposed to, the human rights movement. Attempts to dismiss it as anti human are mere rhetoric.”

Source : Tom Regan (2004). “The Case for Animal Rights”, p.53, Univ of California Press
“I'm very shy, and I shy away from people. But the moment I hit the stage, it's a different feeling I get nerve from somewhere; maybe it's because it's something I love to do.”
“Man, as an originator of action, is a union of desire and intellect.”
“Most extreme acts of anti-Semitism go beyond the acts of anti-Semitism by native Europeans.”

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