We went to the zoo once and the monkey started masturbating causing shock among the masses. As I remember... some Karen standing nearby was particularly scandalized and upset that I had seen that (I think I was like 4 or so years old)... I grew up on a frickin' farm, this was nothing to me. Deal with a horny rooster for a bit when you are small and you will not be shocked by masturbating monkeys...
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
- -- The Buddha
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
- -- Aristotle
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