Abused as we abuse it at present, dramatic art is in no sense cathartic; it is merely a form of emotional masturbation. It is the rarest thing to find a player who has not had his character affected for the worse by the practice of his profession. Nobody can make a habit of self-exhibition, nobody can exploit his personality for the sake of exercising a kind of hypnotic power over others, and remain untouched by the process.

Pure Spirit, one hundred degrees proof - that's a drink that only the most hardened contemplation-guzzlers indulge in. Bodhisattvas dilute their Nirvana with equal parts of love and work.

Every gain made by individuals or society is almost instantly taken for granted.

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.

I dread the inevitable acceleration of American world domination which will be the result of it all...Europe will no longer be Europe.

Given a fair chance, human beings can govern themselves, and govern themselves better

Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don't know because we don't want to know.