“Conservatism is less a set of ideas than it is a pathological distemper, a militant anger over the fact that the universe is not closed and life is not static.”
“Anger was less painful than abandonment.”
“Gratitude takes less energy than anger.”
“Anger is frustration at the fact that we are not God, and do not have control over reality.”
“Village is an idea; universe is an idea! If you cannot create an idea bigger than your village you live in, you remain inside your village; if we cannot create an idea greater than this universe, we remain inside this universe!”
“So what is true for life itself is no less true for the universe: knowing where you came from is no less important than knowing where you are going.”