No Man Is An Island- He Is

Our Press And Our Schools Cultivate Chauvinism, Militarism, Dogmatism, Conformism And Ignorance. The Arbitrary Power Of The Government Is Unlimited, And Unexampled In History; Freedom Of The Press, Of Opinion And Of Movement Are As Thoroughly Exterminated As Though The Proclamation Of The Rights Of Man Had Never Been. We Have Built Up The Most Gigantic Police Apparatus, With Informers Made A National Institution, And The Most Refined Scientific System Of Political And Mental Torture. We Whip The Groaning Masses Of The Country Towards A Theoretical Future Happiness, Which Only We Can.

To Want To Meet An Author Because You Like His Books Is As Ridiculous As Wanting To Meet The Goose Because You Like Pate De Foie Gras.

The Thing Represented Had To Pass Through Two Distorting Lenses: The Artist's Mind, And His Medium Of Expression, Before It Emerged As A Man-made Dream - The Two, Of Course, Being Intimately Connected And Interacting With Each Other.

If Conquerors Be Regarded As The Engine-drivers Of History, Then The Conquerors Of Thought Are Perhaps The Pointsmen Who, Less Conspicuous To The Traveler's Eye, Determine The Direction Of The Journey.

The Disastrous History Of Our Species Indicates The Futility Of All Attempts At A Diagnosis Which Do Not Take Into Account The Possibility That Homo Sapiens Is A Victim Of One Of Evolution's Countless Mistakes.