I am not the river I am the net.

In 1054, the patriarch of Constantinople and the pope excommunicated each other. That was the end of holiness for both churches.

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.

Grief is the price of victory.

Beaurocracy destroys initiative.

Fear is the mind-killer.

Every civilization must contend with an unconscious force which can block, betray, or countermand almost any conscious intention of the collectivity.