The Compleat Traveller in Black Quotes

“Man has one name, and many more than two natures. But the essential two are these: that he shall strive to impose order on chaos, and that he shall strive to take advantage of chaos… A third element of man’s nature is this: that he shall not understand what he is doing.”
― John Brunner , The Compleat Traveller in Black

“He had many names, but one nature, and this unique nature made him subject to certain laws not binding upon ordinary persons. In a compensatory fashion, he was also free from certain other laws more commonly in force.”
― John Brunner, The Compleat Traveller in Black

“And how do men call you?” “I have many names, but one nature. You may call me Mazda, or anything you please.”
― John Brunner, The Compleat Traveller in Black

“Time entails memory, memory entails conscience, conscience entails thought for the future, which is itself implied by the existence of time.”
― John Brunner, The Compleat Traveller in Black