Consumerism, what kind of car you have, what kind of house you have in the country and so on, and that is all very incidental when you examine the kind of person he may be. He may be a big bore, and then there is a person who hasn't done a thing in the world and he is a fascinating person.

You can wear your hair long or wear a beard because you want to show that you are interested in thought, in psychological endeavors rather than appearance.

Today - and it's happening very rapidly - money, wealth, position, birth are of no importance at all. The thing that is important is the individual you are.

I would say that it is a trait by which Americans, searching for things which are different or new, seem to recognize the gift that people may have that cause people do to things.

Today people are a hundred times more interested in the personality of the person they are with than the clothes he wears.

I think that in the end, the people are not fooled by promotion. They want to know that something works and is right.

American businessmen have taken advantage of the opportunities which existed in Europe and Europeans seem not to have been aware of.