Science Can't Tell You Why Anything Happens.

We Live In A World Of Frightful Givens. It Is Given That You Will Behave Like This, Given That You Will Care About That. No One Thinks About The Givens. Isn't It Amazing? In The Information Society, Nobody Thinks. We Expected To Banish Paper, But We Actually Banished Thought.

A Man Can See By Starlight, If He Takes The Time.

Do You Want To Understand How To Swim, Or Do You Want To Jump In And Start Swimming? Only People Who Are Afraid Of The Water Want To Understand It. Other People Jump In And Get Wet.

Often I Feel I Go To Some Distant Region Of The World To Be Reminded Of Who I Really Am. There Is No Mystery About Why This Should Be So. Stripped Of Your Ordinary Surroundings, Your Friends, Your Daily Routines, Your Refrigerator Full Of Your Food, Your Closet Full Of Your Clothes -- With All This Taken Away, You Are Forced Into Direct Experience. Such Direct Experience Inevitably Makes You Aware Of Who It Is That Is Having The Experience. That's Not Always Comfortable, But It Is Always Invigorating.

They Didn't Understand What They Were Doing. I'm Afraid That Will Be On The Tombstone Of The Human Race.