The Substance Of My Being Has Been

We Are Like Ignorant Shepherds Living On A Site Where Great Civilizations Once Flourished. The Shepherds Play With The Fragments That Pop Up To The Surface, Having No Notion Of The Beautiful Structures Of Which They Were Once A Part.

Human Nature Must Not Be Altered In Order To Have A Problem-free World. Man Is Not Just A Problem-solving Being, As Behaviorists Would Wish Us To Believe, But A Problem-recognizing And -accepting Being.

A New Language Always Reflects A New Point Of View, And The Gradual Unconscious Popularization Of New Words, Or Of Old Words Used In New Ways, Is A Sure Sign Of A Profound Change In People's Articulation Of The World.

Once The Law Is Broken With Impunity, Each Man Regains The Right To Any Means He Deems Proper Or Necessary In Order To Defend Himself Against The New Tyrant, The One Who Can Break The Law.

Most Of All I Admire Mozart's Capacity To Be Both Deep And Rational, A Combination Often Said To Be Impossible.