The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.
Eyes deceive and legs fail, but it's the stomach that gets you in trouble!
The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise.
"Memory is a tricky thing; it can be both a blessing and a curse."