...anyone who attempts to do both, to adjust to his group and at the same time pursue his individual goal, becomes neurotic.

The man who speaks with primordial images, speaks with a thousand tongues.

When goals go, meaning goes. When meaning goes, purpose goes. When purpose goes, life goes dead on our hands.

I am the triple owner of the world, the finest Turkey, the Lorelei, Germania and Helvetia of exclusively sweet butter and Naples, and I must supply the whole world with macaroni.

Science is not ... a perfect instrument, but it is a superb and invaluable tool that works harm only when taken as an end in itself.

No one should deny the danger of the descent, but it can be risked. No one need risk it, but it is certain that someone will. And let those who go down the sunset way do so with open eyes, for it is a sacrifice which daunts even the gods. Yet every descent is followed by an ascent.

Only in our creative acts do we step forth into the light and see ourselves whole and complete.