"It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization [ Kultur ] is built up upon a renunciation of instinct.” ― Si...

"Just as the soil needs cultivators of the soil, the mind needs teachers. But teachers are not as easy to come by as farmers." ...

“In a sort of ghastly simplicity, we remove the organ and demand the function. . . castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful.” — C.S. Lew...

“Everything is good as it leaves the hands of the Author of things; everything degenerates in the hands of Man.” — Rousseau , Emile or ...

"You have shown me a strange image, and they are strange prisoners. Like ourselves, I replied." — Plato, The Republic  ...