"The mortal enemies of man are not his fellows of another continent or race; they are the aspects of the physical worl…"

"The individual human being, as such, does not—cannot—have any volition. ...the human being is not an autonomous entit…"

"Laws, as we read in ancient sages, Have been like cobwebs in all ages: Cobwebs for little flies are spread, And laws …"

"Oh, those scoundrelly Charity Commissioners! […] By the side of these anthropoid apes, the genuine bookworm, the pape…"

"Human beings suffer from a 'centralized mindset'; they would like to assign the coordination of activities to a centr…"

"The most amazing thing about social insect colonies is that there's no individual in charge. If you look at a single …"

"I don't know but you have spoken too highly of Gibbon's book; the Dean of Derry, who is our Club as well as Gibbon, t…"

"The same Being that fashioned the insect, whose existence is only discerned by a microscope, and gave that invisible …"

"Weep not for little greenflies who are orphaned in the morning; They need no mother's tender care - by evening they'l…"

"When I behold what pleasure is Pursuit, What life, what glorious eagerness it is, Then mark how full Possession falls…"