In you, humanity is precarious; and so, in dread and in shame, you kill the animal in you. And its slaughter poisons you.
[T]he individual in whom the will for the light is strong and clear finds his heart inextricably bound up with the struggle of the forces of light in… - Olaf Stapledon
[T]he individual in whom the will for the light is strong and clear finds his heart inextricably bound up with the struggle of the forces of light in…
- Olaf Stapledon
We have no government and no laws, if by law is meant a stereotyped convention supported by force, and not to be altered without the aid of cumbersom… - Olaf Stapledon
We have no government and no laws, if by law is meant a stereotyped convention supported by force, and not to be altered without the aid of cumbersom…
In you, humanity is precarious; and so, in dread and in shame, you kill the animal in you. And its slaughter poisons you. - Olaf Stapledon
In that instant when I had seen... the Star Maker, I had glimpsed, in the very eye of that splendor, strange vistas of being; as though in the depths… - Olaf Stapledon
In that instant when I had seen... the Star Maker, I had glimpsed, in the very eye of that splendor, strange vistas of being; as though in the depths…
The cosmos exploded, actualizing its potentiality of space and time. The centers of power, like fragments of a bursting bomb, were hurled apart. But … - Olaf Stapledon
The cosmos exploded, actualizing its potentiality of space and time. The centers of power, like fragments of a bursting bomb, were hurled apart. But …
Philosophy is an amazing tissue of really fine thinking and incredible, puerile mistakes. It's like one of those rubber 'bones' they give dogs to che… - Olaf Stapledon
Philosophy is an amazing tissue of really fine thinking and incredible, puerile mistakes. It's like one of those rubber 'bones' they give dogs to che…
Sooner or later for good or ill, a united mankind, equipped with science and power, will probably turn its attention to the other planets, not only f… - Olaf Stapledon
Sooner or later for good or ill, a united mankind, equipped with science and power, will probably turn its attention to the other planets, not only f…
Great are the stars, and man is of no account to them. But man is a fair spirit, whom a star conceived and a star kills. He is greater than those bri… - Olaf Stapledon
Great are the stars, and man is of no account to them. But man is a fair spirit, whom a star conceived and a star kills. He is greater than those bri…
I perceived that I was on a little round grain of rock and metal, filmed with water and with air, whirling in sunlight and darkness. And on the skin … - Olaf Stapledon
I perceived that I was on a little round grain of rock and metal, filmed with water and with air, whirling in sunlight and darkness. And on the skin …
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