And what could the darkness be, other than humanity? This crushing, heavy mass of people who had no legitimate right to life. How many souls lived on earth now? Six billion? Seven? All of them like insects, crawling around on their hands and knees or slaughtering one another in pursuit of scraps. They were ignorant, they were cruel, they were the night that smothered the day. They did not deserve their existence. . Alexander Gordon Smith
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"And what could the darkness be, other than humanity? This crushing, heavy mass of people who had no legitimate right to life. How many souls lived on earth now? Six billion? Seven? All of them like insects, crawling around on their hands and knees or slaughtering one another in pursuit of scraps. They were ignorant, they were cruel, they were the night that smothered the day. They did not deserve their existence." - Ayn Rand For most of us, the thoughts of our existence are dominated by how it affects us personally.

We think about our families, our friends, our jobs and how we can fit everything into a busy schedule. We forget that we are together here on this planet as part of a much larger community.

Source: The Fury

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