It is to be remembered that the origin of all the arts-music, painting and writing-is magical and evocative; and that magic is always used to obtain some definite result.

If you are asking me what the individual can do right now, in a political sense, I'd have to say he can't do all that much. Speaking for myself, I am more concerned with the transformation of the individual, which to me is much more important than the so-called political revolution.

How far would people get in physics if discovery was described as disgusting - "Your formula is disgusting and filthy"? Not very far.

Whether you like it or not, you are committed to the human endeavor. I cannot ally myself with such a purely negative goal as avoidance of suffering. Suffering is a chance you take by the fact of being alive.

If you consider any set of data without a preconceived viewpoint, then a viewpoint will emerge from the data.

The world wasn't a more tolerant place when I was a young man. Rather, they simply sidestepped all the issues.

Any unchecked impulse does, within the human body and psyche, lead to the destruction of the organism.