Life is to be enjoyed, not simply endured. Pleasure and goodness and joy support the pursuit of survival.

Life is to be enjoyed, not simply endured. Pleasure and goodness and joy support the pursuit of survival.

I not only think that we will tamper with Mother Nature, I think Mother wants us to.

Feelings are the fine instruments which shape decision-making in an animal cursed and blessed with intelligence, and the freedom which is its corollary. They are signals directing us toward goodness, safety, pleasure, and group survival.

In a world where survival is always seen as a struggle, and in which some pitfalls always exist, if something brings into question our confidence in our own coping ability, it will threaten our safety.

A man may not always be what he appears to be, but what he appears to be is always a significant part of what he is.

All of us inevitably spend our lives evolving from an initial to a final stage of dependence. If we are fortunate enough to achieve power and relative independence along the way, it is a transient and passing glory.