A poor American feels guilty at being poor, but less guilty than an American rentier who has inherited wealth but is doing nothingto increase it; what can the latter do but take to drink and psychoanalysis?

History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions; the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology.

Human language is mythological and metaphorical by nature.

What we have not named as a symbol escapes our notice.

Time will say nothing but I told you so, Time only knows the price we have to pay; If I could tell you I would let you know.

Man desires to be free and he desires to feel important. This places him in a dilemma, for the more he emancipates himself from necessity the less important he feels.

To pray is to pay attention to something or someone other than oneself.