To Change Masters Is Not To Be

Culture, Which Makes Talent Shine, Is Not Completely Ours Either, Nor Can We Place It Solely At Our Disposal. Rather, It Belongs Mainly To Our Country, Which Gave It To Us, And To Humanity, From Which We Receive It As A Birthright.

Happiness Exists On Earth, And It Is Won Through Prudent Exercise Of Reason, Knowledge Of The Harmony Of The Universe, And Constant Practice Of Generosity.

I Come From All Places And To All Places I Go: I Am Art Among The Arts And Mountain Among Mountains. I Know The Strange Names Of Flowers And Herbs And Of Fatal Deceptions And Magnificent Griefs. In Night's Darkness I've Seen Raining Down On My Head Pure Flames, Flashing Rays Of Beauty Divine.

But Love, Like The Sun That It Is, Sets Afire And Melts Everything. What Greed And Privilege To Build Up Over Whole Centuries The Indignation Of A Pious Spirit, With Its Natural Following Of Oppressed Souls, Will Cast Down With A Single Shove.

Just As He Who Gives His Life To Serve A Great Idea Is Admirable, He Who Avails Himself Of A Great Idea To Serve His Personal Hopes Of Glory And Power Is Abominable, Even If He Too Risks His Life.