A schism in the body social, will not be resolved by any scheme of a return to the good old days (archaism), or by programs guaranteed to render an ideal projected future (futurism), or even by the most realistic, hardheaded work to weld together again the deteriorating elements. Only birth can conquer death -- the birth, not of the old thing again, but of something new.

Economics and politics are the governing powers of life today, and that's why everything is so screwy.

Every act has both good and evil results. The best we can do is lean to the light.

The myth does not point to a fact; the myth points beyond facts to something that informs the fact

Money is congealed energy, and releasing it releases life's possibilities.

I don’t think there is any such thing as an ordinary mortal. Everybody has his own possibility of rapture in the experience of life. All he has to do is recognize it and then cultivate it and get going with it. I always feel uncomfortable when people speak about ordinary mortals because I’ve never met an ordinary man, woman, or child.

I always feel uncomfortable when people speak about ordinary mortals because I've never met an ordinary man, woman or child.