Nobody sees the obvious, nobody observes the ordinary. There are more miracles in a square yard of earth than in all the fables of the Church.

Stupidity is a blockage in the ability to receive, integrate and transmit new signals.

Most people live in a myth and grow violently angry if anyone dares to tell them the truth about themselves.

Nothing of any importance can be taught. It can only be learned, and with blood and sweat.

The abandoned infant's cry is rage, not fear.

I really dread serious people. Especially serious, dogmatic people. I regard them as sort of what Reich called the emotional plague. I regard them as very dangerous.

History, sociology, economics, psychology et al. confirmed Joyce's view of Everyman as victim.