Civilization is only possible for deeply unpleasant animals. It is only an ape that can be truly civilized.
Mark RowlandsWhat is best about our lives -the moments when we are, as we would put it, at our happiest- is both pleasant and deeply unpleasant. Happiness is not a feeling; it is a way of being. If we focus on the feelings, we will miss the point.
Mark RowlandsWhat is most important when the time comes - and it always will - is to live your life with the coldness of a wolf.
Mark Rowlands