Critical and radical thought will only bear fruit when it is blended with the most precious quality man is endowed with - the love of life

I think we got off the track, as many societies do, who follow successfully one aim, and yet are not capable of seeing at what point the pursuit of this aim prevents them from following a more total aim. That is to say, they get into a blind alley.

An illusion shared by everyone becomes a reality.

Man today is fascinated by the possibility of buying, more, better, and especially, new things. He is consumption hungry... To buy the latest gadget, the latest model of anything that is on the market, is the dream of everybody, in comparison to which the real pleasure in use is quite secondary. Modern man, if the dared to be articulate about his concept of heaven, would describe a vision which would look like the biggest department store in the world.

The essential difference between the unhappy, neurotic type person and him of great joy is the difference between get and give.

The destruction of the world is the last, almost desperate attempt to save myself from being crushed by it

True love is like a pair of socks: you gotta have two and they've gotta match.