The gift of words is the gift of deception and illusion.

What do such machines really do? They increase the number of things we can do without thinking. Things we do without thinking-there’s the real danger.

I never thought it would be easy to serve God," she said. "I just didn't think it would be this hard.

Greatness is a transitory experience. It is never consistent. It depends in part upon the myth-making imagination of humankind. The person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he or she is in. That person must reflect what is projected upon him or her.

Argument closes off the doors of the senses. It always masks violence. Continued too long, argument always leads to violence.

Most civilisation is based on cowardice. It's so easy to civilize by teaching cowardice. You water down the standards which would lead to bravery. You restrain the will. You regulate the appetites. You fence in the horizons. You make a law for every movement. You deny the existence of chaos. You teach even the children to breathe slowly. You tame.

Caution is the path to mediocrity.