“Without a mask to shape us, what would we face anyone with?”

“It was a dance of masks and every mask was perfect because every mask was a real face and every face was areal mask so there was no mask and there was no face for there was but one dance in which there was butone mask but one true face which was the same and which was a thing without a name which changed andchanged into itself over and over.”

“Mundus vult decipi'—the world wants to be deceived. To live without deception presupposes standards beyond the reach of most people whose existence is largely shaped by compromise, evasion and mutual accommodation. Could they face their weakness, their vanity and selfishness, without a mask?”

“A mask tells us more than a face.”

“We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.”

“Anyone can face ease and success with confidence. It is the way we face trouble and misfortune that defines us.”