“Could these wonderful inventions have never been created without first going down the road of armaments and warfare? Was it acceptable that we scholars accepted this as fate—as ‘civilization’s capitalism—the unavoidable state of the utilitarian stage,’ and simply cast our… — Sakyo Komatsu Copy Share Image
“Could these wonderful inventions have never been created without first going down the road of armaments and warfare? Was it acceptable that we scholars… — Sakyo Komatsu Copy Share Image
“Now add in deaths from old age and disease and expand that to a global scale. Please imagine the sanitary conditions in those underdeveloped… — Sakyo Komatsu Copy Share Image
“Silverland held two oddly misplaced fears,” continued Carter. “He always acted like he was the cheerful sort who never sweated the details, but like… — Sakyo Komatsu Copy Share Image
“The deep darkness of good-natured humans, which causes the noble things of humanity to spoil—the affection for a worn-out, grimy lifestyle, the quarrels between… — Sakyo Komatsu Copy Share Image
“Tsuchiya said in a voice that was unmistakably him talking in his sleep. “Except the problem is … what kind of ending you get …” Tanabe” — Sakyo Komatsu Copy Share Image
“Bob, every human being acts for his or her own reasons, and they are by no means fools. Far from being fools, in each… — Sakyo Komatsu Copy Share Image
“In the end, the world and its civilization had not been destroyed by the purging flames of Heaven; instead it rotted away from the… — Sakyo Komatsu Copy Share Image
“Although we are moving in the right direction, one wonders how long it will take humanity to attain a consciousness of ourselves as human… — Sakyo Komatsu Copy Share Image
“Ultimately, we lacked the courage to face up to our own true selves—our bare forms noble though petty, everything though nothing, almighty though powerless,… — Sakyo Komatsu Copy Share Image
“There were unofficial discussions at the time about what would have happened if, heaven forbid, that nuclear warhead had exploded on American soil. There… — Sakyo Komatsu Copy Share Image
