We think we know what we are doing. We have always thought so.

In our modern complex world, fundamentalism is dangerous because of its rigidity and its imperviousness to other ideas.

It takes enormous effort to avoid all theories and just see.

I operate under the assumption that the mass media will never be accurate. ... It operates with the objective to simplify and exaggerate, which is exactly what Walt Disney told his cartoonists.

Cure the symptoms, cure the disease.

Nobody dares to solve the problems-because the solution might contradict your philosophy, and for most people clinging to beliefs is more important than succeeding in the world.

The best doctors found a middle position where they were neither overwhelmed by their feelings nor estranged from them. That was the most difficult position of all, and the precise balance - neither too detached nor too caring - was something few learned.