In a circus, we see various animals trained to jump through hoops of fire, while in daily life we see those who have been trained to follow fads and styles, do the same on cue by their trainers as they call the old to be outmoded and the new to be stylish. The difference is that the animals get rewarded for performing while people willingly pay to perform.

The ignorant of the world enjoy one kind of freedom that the rest don’t; the freedom from doubt.

Perhaps the best way to test the hearing of another is to whisper a word of praise.

It is interesting that many of the strongest proponents of mankind’s origin, as being that of nature, tend to also claim that much of what mankind does is unnatural.