The witch-hunt was a perverse manifestation of the panic which set in among all classes when the balance began to turn toward greater individual freedom. The witch-hunt was not, however, a mere repression. It was also, and as importantly, a long overdue opportunity for everyone so inclined to express publicly his guilt and sins, under the cover of accusations against the victims.

Oh,Elizabeth, your justice would freeze beer.

Man must shape his tools lest they shape him.

A child's spirit is like a child, you can never catch it by running after it; you must stand still, and, for love, it will soon itself come back.

The wedding of Christianity or Judaism with nationalism is lethal.

The mission of the theatre, after all, is to change, to raise the consciousness of people to their human possibilities.

But we are mostly what we are, and the turtle stretching toward delicious buds on high does not lighten his carapace by his resolve.