A Human Strategy #515 - #520: The Use of Suffering

515

Conflict is not the sin when complacency and ignorance are one’s peace. 

516

Suffering is always involved, but it is not in itself proof of an advance toward efficient thinking.  Comfort on the other hand contradicts the claim sooner or later.  Quite easily.

517

Moderation must be more difficult to endure than suffering, else there would be more of the moderate.

518

There is only one thing more miserable than learning the "hard way" and that is not learning the hard way.

519

If a society faces the choice between stability and creativity, why wouldn’t I?

520

It is never a happy prospect to hook your mind to the iron wire of necessity.  It can only be a happy consequence.

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