Thus, The Technique Of Metropolitan Life Is

In Order To Accommodate To Change And To The Contrast Of Phenomena, The Intellect Does Not Require Any Shocks And Inner Upheavals; It Is Only Through Such Upheavals That The More Conservative Mind Could Accommodate To The Metropolitan Rhythm Of Events.

Music And Love Are The Only Accomplishments Of Humanity Which Do Not, In An Absolute Sense, Have To Be Called Attempts With Unsuitable Means.

The Deepest Problems Of Modern Life Derive From The Claim Of The Individual To Preserve The Autonomy And Individuality Of His Existence In The Face Of Overwhelming Social Forces, Of Historical Heritage, Of External Culture, And Of The Technique Of Life.

In The Latter Case Life Rests Upon A Thousand Presuppositions Which The Individual Can Never Trace Back To Their Origins, And Verify; But Which He Must Accept Upon Faith And Belief.

He Is Educated Who Knows How To Find Out What He Doesn't Know.