Christopher

“All you then have to do is to keep out of his mind the question “If I, being what I am, can consider that I am in some sense a Christian, why should the different vices of those people in the next pew prove that their religion is mere hypocrisy and convention?”
― Lewis C S Clive Staples, The Screwtape Letters

“before a problem can be solved it must be formulated precisely.”
― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

“Justice among the nations of mankind, and the uplifting of humanity, can be brought about only by those strong and daring men who with wisdom love peace, but who love righteousness more than peace. Facing the immense complexity of modern social and industrial conditions, there is need to use freely and unhesitatingly the collective power of all of us; and yet no exercise of collective power will ever avail if the average individual does not keep his or her sense of personal duty, initiative, and responsibility.”
― Theodore Roosevelt, The Complete Works of Theodore Roosevelt

“In Homo sapiens, the brain accounts for about 2–3 per cent of total body weight, but it consumes 25 per cent of the body’s energy when the body is at rest. By comparison, the brains of other apes require only 8 per cent of rest-time energy.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind