And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on.

You are the universe experiencing itself.

Since opposed principles, or ideologies, are irreconcilable, wars fought over principle will be wars of mutual annihilation. But wars fought for simple greed will be far less destructive, because the aggressor will be careful not to destroy what he is fighting to capture. Reasonable - that is, human - men will always be capable of compromise, but men who have dehumanized themselves by becoming the blind worshipers of an idea or an ideal are fanatics whose devotion to abstractions makes them the enemies of life.

There is no way of making a hedge grow like pruning it. There is no way of making sex interesting like repressing it.

...for thousands of years human history has been a magnificently futile conflict, a wonderfully staged panorama of triumphs and tragedies based on the resolute taboo against admitting that black goes with white.

Truly great companies are built on ideals, not just deals.

We are at war between consciousness and nature, between the desire for permanence and the fact of flux. It is ourself against ourselves.