The organization of science into disciplines sets up a series of ghettos with remarkable distances of artificial social space between them.

Economists and technologists bring the "bits", but it requires the social scientists and humanists to bring the "wits.

The very act of thinking about power in our lives and experiences creates a process of revelation and self-analysis that may even make us look at ourselves in a new light... thinking about power and its complex manifestations may not simply lead to a better understanding of the abstract complexities of society, but may have an effect on one?s own image and identity. Perhaps a warning label should be placed on the cover.

If a totally new image is to come into being however, there must be sensitivity to internal messages, the image itself must be sensitive to change, must be unstable, and it must include a value image which places high value on trials, experiments, and the trying of new things.

Are we to regard the world of nature simply as a storehouse to be robbed for the immediate benefit of man? ... Does man have any responsibility for the preservation of a decent balance in nature, for the preservation of rare species, or even for the indefinite continuance of his race?

The most fundamental form of integrative power is the power of love.

The world moves into the future as a result of decisions, not as a result of plans. Plans are significant only insofar as they affect decisions.