“But wisdom is not got through shouting-matches within one generation.”
“There is no light at the end of the tunnel, only a pack of matches handed down from one generation to the next. Humanity does not have a long fuse and this generation holds the last match.”
“...because in one sense the drinker learns wisdom, in the words of Goethe or Blake or whichever it was "The pathway to wisdom lies through excess”
“The advance of human technology is cummulative, but human wisdom dies with each generation.”
“Wisdom is not guaranteed with age but is realized through one's sensitivity to humanity and the universe”
“Listening to one's self as well as to others is a sacred act of healing. There is a higher octave of listening that hears the wisdom within the words.”