Four of My Favorite Quotes

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    "A man's power to connect his thought with its proper symbol, and so to utter it, depends on the simplicity of his character, that is, upon his love of truth and his desire to communicate it without loss.  The corruption of man is followed by the corruption of language.  When simplicity of character and the sovereignty of ideas is broken up by the prevalence of secondary desires, -- the desire of riches, of pleasure, of power, and of praise, -- and duplicity and falsehood takes place of simplicity and truth, the power over nature as an interpreter of the will is in a degree lost; new imagery ceases to be created, and old words are perverted to stand for things which they are not. . . ."
      -- Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Nature," (pt.4, "Language")

    "Detecting tendencies and patterns is a crucial skill.  The more accurately we can get the picture from minimal information, the better equipped we are to survive."
      -- Marilyn Ferguson, The Aquarian Conspiracy.

    "The mind has many watchdogs; sometimes they bark unnecessarily, but a wise man never ignores their warning."
      -- Arthur C. Clarke, A Fall of Moondust.

    "Light shining from a mountain top will inevitably attract darkness."
      -- Linda Goodman, Star Signs.