Evil, In This System Of Ethics, Is

Dogmatism Of All Kinds--scientific, Economic, Moral, As Well As Political--are Threatened By The Creative Freedom Of The Artist. This Is Necessarily And Inevitably So. We Cannot Escape Our Anxiety Over The Fact That The Artists Together With Creative Persons Of All Sorts, Are The Possible Destroyer Of Our Nicely Ordered Systems. (p. 76)

Terrorism And The Whole Drug Scene Are Vivid Examples Of The Fact That What Persons Abhor Most Of All In Life Is The Possibility That They Will Not Matter.

Intimacy Requires Courage Because Risk Is Inescapable.

Whatever Sphere We May Be In, There Is A Profound Joy In The Realization That We Are Helping To Form The Structure Of The New World. This Is Creative Courage, However Minor Or Fortuitous Our Creations May Be.

The Opposite Of Courage In Our Society Is Not Cowardice, It Is Conformity.