"We do not exist for the sake of something else. We exist for the sake of ourselves."

-- Shunryu Suzuki

“Milton, when he went blind, declared that he could now begin the real work of his life. Similarly, with the merciless passage of time reducing my phisical strengh, I find myself less able to explore the outer world, but better prepared to explore the inner.”
“Our visual and musical artists have no incentive to be educated. So what we get is a bunch of uneducated artists inspiring misinformation, miseducation and illiteracy.”

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“[On Cantor's work:] The finest product of mathematical genius and one of the supreme achievements of purely intellectual human activity.”
“Many people are concerned with children of India, with the children of Africa where quite a few die of hunger, and so on. Many people are also concerned about the violence in this great country of the United States. These concerns are very good. But often these same people are not concerned with the millions being killed by the deliberate decision of their own mothers. And this is the greatest destroyer of peace today- abortion which brings people to such blindness.”
“If strength is measured by intelligence, honesty and depth of character, then yes, strong women are hot as hell.”
“Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died.”
“I'd like more kids to go and see theatre because it really is amazing.”
“The imagination is literally the workshop wherein are fashioned all plans created by man.”

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