Top 5 David J. Morris Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “We are born in debt, owing the world a death. This is the shadow that darkens every cradle. Trauma is what happens when you catch a surprise glimpse of that darkness, the coming annihilation not only of the body and the mind but also, seemingly, of the world.”

— David J. Morris

2. “My own view of the relationship between drugs and PTSD is reminiscent of what Frank Sinatra said when a reporter asked him about his philosophy of life – “Basically, I’m for anything that gets you through the night – be it prayer, tranquilizers, or a bottle of Jack Daniel’s.”

— David J. Morris

3. “The problem, really, is that while humanity continues to experience huge leaps in technology, we experience no equivalent leaps in our ethical capacity. In the never-ending arms race between technology and ethics, technology always wins. Researchers who tally the results of this immortal race have a name for it: history.”

— David J. Morris

4. “The lesson taught by the war was clear: to be human is to be small, powerless, and subject to the forces of randomness.”

— David J. Morris

5. “There comes a point in every man’s life when he sees that the magician’s hat is empty, that the government and the church are run by fools, and that virtue is far rarer than he’d been led to believe.”

— David J. Morris

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