It is a magnificent feeling to recognize the unity of complex phenomena which appear to be things quite apart from the direct visible truth.

I was supposed to choose apractical profession, but this was simply unbearable to me.

Racism is America's greatest disease, racism is a disease of the white man.

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

Assumptions are made and most assumptions are wrong.

The most valuable thing a teacher can impart to children is not knowledge and understanding per se but a longing for knowledge and understanding, and an appreciation for intellectual values, whether they be artistic, scientific, or moral. It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. Most teachers waste their time by asking questions that are intended to discover what a pupil does not know, whereas the true art of questioning is to discover what the pupil does know or is capable of knowing.

I have yet to meet a single person from our culture, no matter what his or her educational background, IQ, and specific training, who had powerful transpersonal experiences and continues to subscribe to the materialistic monism of Western science.