In some sense man is a microcosm of the universe; therefore what man is, is a clue to the universe. We are enfolded in the universe.

But the way people commonly use the word nowadays it means something all of whose parts are mutually interdependent - not only for their mutual action, but for their meaning and for their existence.

It is proposed that a form of free dialogue may well be one of the most effective ways of investigating the crisis which faces society, and indeed the whole of human nature and consciousness today. Moreover, it may turn out that such a form of free exchange of ideas and information is of fundamental relevance for transforming culture and freeing it of destructive misinformation, so that creativity can be liberated.

Ultimately, the entire universe...has to be understood as a single undivided whole.

We could say that practically all the problems of the human race are due to the fact that thought is not proprioceptive.

From the outset, however, this whole controversy has been plagued by tacit assumptions, very often of a philosophical rather than a physical character.

In the long run, it is far more dangerous to adhere to illusion than to face what the actual fact is.