“Art is neither a profession nor a hobby. Art is a Way of being.”

“It is wise to avoid militants of all plumage, to trust only the fanatically unfanatic”

“We have a belief that we need not believe in, no dogmas, no ritual, no mythology, no church, no priest, no holy book--what a relief!”

“On the exoteric level the traditions are irreconcilable. On the esoteric, experiential level of the heart reigns an eloquent, reverential silence.”

“Ich war traurig. Seine Art, mich einzuladen, ein erstes Treffen mit mir zu verabreden, die klang völlig beiläufig, so als habe er keine Angst, als zittere er nicht.”

“In no other type of warfare does the advantage lie so heavily with the aggressor." James Franck, The Manhattan Project neatly summarize the atmic bomb.”

“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.”