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The Myth Of Unending Consumption Has Taken The Place Of The Belief In Life Everlasting.

The Depersonalizati On Of Diagnosis And Therapy Has Changed Malpractice From An Ethical Into A Technical Problem.

The Re-establishment Of An Ecological Balance Depends On The Ability Of Society To Counteract The Progressive Materialization Of Values. The Ecological Balance Cannot Be Re-established Unless We Recognize Again That Only Persons Have Ends And Only Persons Can Work Towards Them.

A Low-energy Policy Allows For A Wide Choice Of Life-styles And Cultures. If, On The Other Hand, A Society Opts For High Energy Consumption, Its Social Relations Must Be Dictated By Technocracy And Will Be Equally Degrading Whether Labeled Capitalist Or Socialist.

It Takes More Time And Effort And Delicacy To Learn The Silence Of A People Than To Learn Its Sounds. Some People Have A Special Gift For This. Perhaps This Explains Why Some Missionaries, Notwithstanding Their Efforts, Never Come To Speak Properly, To Communicate Delicately Through Silences. Although They "speak With The Accent Of Natives" They Remain Forever Thousands Of Miles Away. The Learning Of The Grammar Of Silence Is An Art Much More Difficult To Learn Than The Grammar Of Sounds.