Cultures are virtual realities made of language.

The lack of a sense of history makes us really prey to manipulation.

The cost of sanity in this society, is a certain level of alienation

The world is MADE up of language. We can SAY that the world is composed of little demons doing calisthenics, each one the size of a pissant's eyebrow.... Or we can SAY the world is made of tiny wave mechanical packets of matter hurling through space at near the speed of light.... But notice that what we get each time are WORDS.

If we were to place our power at the service of our imaginations rather than our primate politics we would create a civilization worthy of the name.

We are the damaged heirs of a damaged cultural style which has been practiced now for about seven thousand years.

Ultimately what we're touching is the invisible, all-pervasive intelligence that surrounds us and penetrates us. It is grooming us to be able to tolerate its splendor. It can't just reveal itself openly because we would be forfeited; we'd never know what hit us.