The Human Mind, In Taking Us Down

I Am Convinced That Of All The People On The Two Sides Of The Great Curtain, The Space Pilots Are The Least Likely To Hate Each Other. Like The Late Erich Von Holst, I Believe That The Tremendous And Otherwise Not Quite Explicable Public Interest In Space Flight Arises From The Subconscious Realization That It Helps To Preserve Peace. May It Continue To Do So!

The Appeal Of The Cat Lies In The Very Fact That She Has Formed No Close Bond With [man], That She Has The Uncompromising Independence Of A Tiger Or A Leopard While She Is Hunting In His Stables And Barns: That She Still Remains Mysterious And Remote When She Is Rubbing Herself Gently Against The Legs Of Her Mistress Or Purring Contentedly In Front Of The Fire.

We Had Better Dispense With The Personification Of Evil, Because It Leads, All Too Easily, To The Most Dangerous Kind Of War: Religious War.

Hatred Of Humanity And Love Of Animals Make A Very Bad Combination.

I Believe That Both Art And The Human Striving For Cognitive Comprehension Are Manifest Forms Of The Grand Game In Which Nothing More Is Stipulated Than The Game's Rules; Both Art And Actively Solicited Perceptions Are But Special Cases Of The Recurring Creative Act To Which We Owe Our Existence.