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We kill because we are afraid of our own shadow, afraid that if we used a little common sense we'd have to admit that our glorious principles were wrong.

Henry Miller
War, Common Sense, Shadow
Henry Miller (1941). “The Wisdom of the Heart”, p.115, New Directions Publishing
We kill because we are afraid of our own shadow, afraid that if we used a little common sense we'd have to admit that our glorious principles were wrong.