To see ourselves as others see us is a most salutary gift. Hardly less important is the capacity to see others as they see themselves.

For what we think and feel and are is to a great extent determined by the state of our ductless glands and our viscera.

Man is an amphibian who lives simultaneously in two worlds-the given and the home-made, the world of matter, life and consciousness and the world of symbols.

We live together, we act on, and react to one another; but always, and in all circumstances, we are by ourselves.

It takes a certain amount of intelligence and imagination to realize the extraordinary queerness and mysteriousness of the world in which we live.

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.

Slowly, very slowly, like two unhurried compass needles, the feet turned towards the right; north, north-east, east, south-east, south, south-south-west; then paused, and after a few seconds, turned as unhurriedly back towards the left. South-south-west, south, south-east, east.