The jungle is dark but full of diamonds, Willy.

Nevertheless, one learned very early that books had to be respected; they were all putative Bibles and to some small degree had a share in holiness.

The arts can do more to sustain the peace than all the wars, the armaments, and the threats and warnings of politicians.

A little man makes a mistake and they hang him by the thumbs; the big ones become ambassadors.

In a dream, we are simply confronted with various loaded symbols, and where one is exhausted, it gives way to another.

Why am I trying to become what I don’t want to be … when all I want is out there, waiting for me the minute I say I know who I am.

Those who formally rule take their signals and commands not from the electorate as a body, but from a small group of men. This group will be called the Establishment. It exists even though that existence is stoutly denied. It is one of the secrets of the American social order... A second secret is the fact that the existence of the Establishment - the ruling class - is not supposed to be discussed.