Reason is the servant of instinct.

Too many moralists begin with a dislike of reality.

The real world is not easy to live in. It is rough; it is slippery. Without the most clear-eyed adjustments we fall and get crushed. A man must stay sober; not always, but most of the time.

Ants are good citizens: they place group interests first.

We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand; but the fact is we respectfully adapt ourselves, first, to her ways.

A universe capable of giving birth to many such accidents is-- blind or not-- a good world to live in, a promising universe.

Ants are good citizens; they place group interest first. But they carry it so far, they have few or no political rights. An ant doesn't have the vote, apparently; he just has his duties.