Rather than trying to escape violence, human beings more often become habituated to it. History abounds with long conflicts – the Thirty Years' War in early seventeenth-century Europe, the Time of Troubles in Russia, twentieth-century guerrilla conflicts – in which continuous slaughter has been accepted as normal. Famously adaptable, the human animal quickly learns to live with violence and soon comes to find satisfaction in it.


In the Puppet Theatre: Roof Gardens, Feathers and Human Sacrifice (p. 80) - The Soul of the Marionette: A Short Enquiry into Human Freedom (2015)

John Gray Quotes

Rather than trying to escape violence, human beings more often become habituated to it. History abounds with long conflicts – the Thirty Years' War ...

Rather than trying to escape violence, human beings more often become habituated to it. History abounds with long conflicts – the Thirty Years' War ...

Rather than trying to escape violence, human beings more often become habituated to it. History abounds with long conflicts – the Thirty Years' War ...

Rather than trying to escape violence, human beings more often become habituated to it. History abounds with long conflicts – the Thirty Years' War ...