I'm the result of upbringing, class, race, gender, social prejudices, and economics. So I'm a victim again. A result.

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Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

I know my own deficiencies, one of which is that I had lived away from...

I know my own deficiencies, one of which is that I had lived away from...

It's important to ask yourself, How am I useful to others? What do people want...

It's important to ask yourself, How am I useful to others? What do people want...

When they talk about family values, it's in a repressive way, as if our American...

When they talk about family values, it's in a repressive way, as if our American...

It's very hard to know what wisdom is.

It's very hard to know what wisdom is.

We can't change anything until we get some fresh ideas, until we begin to see...

We can't change anything until we get some fresh ideas, until we begin to see...

We forget that the soul has its own ancestors.

We forget that the soul has its own ancestors.

It's very important for men to look downward, to the next generation.

It's very important for men to look downward, to the next generation.

I don't think anything changes until ideas change. The usual American viewpoint is to believe...

I don't think anything changes until ideas change. The usual American viewpoint is to believe...

I think we're miserable partly because we have only one god, and that's economics.

I think we're miserable partly because we have only one god, and that's economics.

Sooner or later something seems to call us onto a particular path... this is what...

Sooner or later something seems to call us onto a particular path... this is what...

We carve out risk-free lives where nothing happens.

We carve out risk-free lives where nothing happens.

All we can do when we think of kids today is think of more hours...

All we can do when we think of kids today is think of more hours...

The culture is going into a psychological depression. We are concerned about our place in...

The culture is going into a psychological depression. We are concerned about our place in...

You don't attack the grunts of Vietnam; you blame the theory behind the war. Nobody...

You don't attack the grunts of Vietnam; you blame the theory behind the war. Nobody...

You don't know what you're going to get into when you follow your bliss.

You don't know what you're going to get into when you follow your bliss.

If you are still being hurt by an event that happened to you at twelve,...

If you are still being hurt by an event that happened to you at twelve,...

We need to work on the world so it will not be so oppressive.

We need to work on the world so it will not be so oppressive.

We're an air bag society that wants guarantees on everything that we buy. We want...

We're an air bag society that wants guarantees on everything that we buy. We want...

I'm cautious about a lot of words.

I'm cautious about a lot of words.