Original: A volte, una sola reazione mostra la vera natura di un individuo.
“Does it take the harsh light of disaster to show a person’s true nature?”
Source: The Light of Other Days (2000), Chapter 6
Source: Mind is a Myth (1987), Ch. 4: There Is Nothing To Understand
Context: If you are freed from the goal of the "perfect","godly", "truly religious" then that which is natural in man begins to express itself. Your religious and secular culture has placed before you the ideal man or woman, the perfect human being, and then tries to fit everybody into that mold. It is impossible. Nature does not exist at all. Nature is busy creating absolutely unique individuals, whereas culture has invented a single mold to which all must conform. It is grotesque.
Breaking Strain, p. 181
2000s and posthumous publications, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)
“Action is man's free will right, but the reaction is nature's.”
Source: A New Concept of the Universe (1953), p. 132
“Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth.”
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (1997)
“Free markets induce a natural collective reaction by society.”
Source: Globalization - A Basic Text (2010), Chapter 5, Neo-Liberalism and Neo-Marxian Alternatives, p. 136
“Horror is the natural reaction to the last 5,000 years of history.”
Cosmic Trigger II : Down to Earth
Source: Cosmic Trigger 2: Down to Earth
