Book 25. (1 results) Magicians of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 8 | 551 | What is there to constrain it View more quotes about except">except eventually the hideous consequences of its own success, with all the horror that that entails. |
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Book 25. (7 results) Magicians of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 8 | 548 | That is quite common. |
| 8 | 549 | But there are many possibilities, many motivations, many explanations. |
| 8 | 550 | Untested, rootless madness is restless and inventive. |
| 8 | 551 | What is there to constrain it except eventually the hideous consequences of its own success, with all the horror that that entails. |
| 8 | 552 | We never knew, we never meant this, they cry. |
| 8 | 553 | We are blameless, we meant well! What these individuals seem to have in common, other than an interesting certitude as to their own moral superiority, a feature they share with all fanatics, is an inability, or an unwillingness, to understand the nature of men and history. |
| 8 | 554 | What are men like, truly; what is the world like, truly? It would be helpful if they looked into such matters, and gave them thought. |
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That is quite common.
But there are many possibilities, many motivations, many explanations.
Untested, rootless madness is restless and inventive.
What is there to constrain it except eventually the hideous consequences of its own success, with all the horror that that entails.
We never knew, we never meant this, they cry.
We are blameless, we meant well! What these individuals seem to have in common, other than an interesting certitude as to their own moral superiority, a feature they share with all fanatics, is an inability, or an unwillingness, to understand the nature of men and history.
What are men like, truly; what is the world like, truly? It would be helpful if they looked into such matters, and gave them thought.
- (Magicians of Gor)