It is simple dog-eat-dog, said Waylock. It's basic battle for survival, fiercer and more brutal than ever before in the history of man. You have blinded yourself; you subscribe to false theories; you are permeated with your obsession—not only you but all of us. If we faced the facts of existence, our palliatories would be less crowded.

Chapter XI, section 2 - To Live Forever (1956)