The Human Soul Is Very Much Older

Visualize Yourself Confronted With The Task Of Killing, One After The Other, A Cabbage, A Fly, A Fish, A Lizard, A Guinea Pig, A Cat, A Dog, A Monkey And A Baby Chimpanzee. In The Unlikely Case That You Should Experience No Greater Inhibitions In Killing The Chimpanzee Than In Destroying The Cabbage Or The Fly, My Advice To You Is To Commit Suicide At Your Earliest Possible Convenience, Because You Are A Weird Monstrosity And A Public Danger.

I Have Found The Missing Link Between The Higher Ape And Civilized Man; It Is We.

The Distance At Which All Shooting Weapons Take Effect Screens The Killer Against The Stimulus Sensation Which Would Otherwise Activate His Killing Inhibitions. The Deep, Emotional Layers Of Our Personality Simply Do Not Register The Fact That The Crooking Of The Finger To Release A Shot Tears The Entrails Of Another Man.

A Man Sufficiently Gifted With Humor Is In Small Danger Of Succumbing To Flattering Delusions About Himself, Because He Cannot Help Perceiving What A Pompous Ass He Would Become If He Did.

One Of The Most Dangerously Vicious Circles Menacing The Continued Existence Of All Mankind Arises Through That Grim Striving For The Highest Possible Position Within The Ranked Order, In Other Words, The Reckless Pursuit Of Power Which Combines With An Insatiable Greed Of Neurotic Proportions That The Results Of Acquired Power Confer.