Gareth Schweitzer

“Man is always inclined to regard the small circle in which he lives as the center of the world and to make his particular, private life the standard of the universe and to make his particular, private life the standard of the universe. But he must give up this vain pretense, this petty provincial way of thinking and judging.”
― Ernst Cassirer, An Essay on Man: An Introduction to a Philosophy of Human Culture

“All struggles are essentially power struggles. Who will rule? Who will lead? Who will define, refine, confine, design? Who will dominate? All struggles are essentially power struggles, and most are no more intellectual than two rams knocking their heads together.”
― Octavia E. Butler

“Where there is great pride or great wealth, men soon come to believe that their appetites are their wisdom.”
― jeremias gotthelf, Die schwarze Spinne

“The act of remembering is an act of retracing, and by doing so we erase and change the stencil.”
― Ken Liu, The Hidden Girl and Other Stories