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Perhaps the major difference between these worlds is that in one nature is feared and rejected, with the result that civilization is essentially a denial of nature, almost its antithesis, a war conducted against a suspect nature, as though nature was an enemy, to be suppressed at all costs, rather than the foundation of one's very being. - (Smugglers of Gor, Chapter 4, Sentence #119)

What strange beast would defecate in its own lair, or foul its own nest, ruin the soil from which it hopes to harvest, defile the seas in which it would cast its nets, contaminate the very air which it must breathe? Barbarians, they do not know that they are barbarians. What are its women worth, save to be slaves? Collar them, master them. Little, I fear, has prepared the unguarded slave fruit, so carefully and easily plucked from the orchards of Earth, for the world of Gor. Perhaps the major difference between these worlds is that in one nature is feared and rejected, with the result that civilization is essentially a denial of nature, almost its antithesis, a war conducted against a suspect nature, as though nature was an enemy, to be suppressed at all costs, rather than the foundation of one's very being. On Gor, civilization is not a flight from nature, but its acceptance, refinement, and enhancement. Gorean culture is built on nature, and within it, not against it, and apart from it. Unhappiness and misery is a high cost to pay for the denial of nature; it is well, I suppose, at least, that the victims are encouraged to think well of themselves, taking their unease, grief, and wretchedness as badges of rectitude. - (Smugglers of Gor)