They tell us, sir, that we are weak -- unable to cope with so formidable an adversary.

The first signal of ego is the signal to require sth that’s Nature the weaker life must pay all its attention on its own requirement.

And who can heal those tiny broken hearts, and what are we to be.

We sometimes treat life, and budget negotiations, as a contest in which the weakest (such as children) are to be gleefully pushed aside when the music stops.

As individuals we are certainly weak, but if governments acted honestly and courageously, they could protect us from ourselves.