The Individual Is Not A Killer, But

Nobody Before The Pythagorean Had Thought That Mathematical Relations Held The Secret Of The Universe. Twenty-five Centuries Later, Europe Is Still Blessed And Cursed With Their Heritage. To Non-european Civilizations, The Idea That Numbers Are The Key To Both Wisdom And Power, Seems Never To Have Occurred.

The Creativity And Pathology Of The Human Mind Are, After All, Two Sides Of The Same Medal Coined In The Evolutionary Mint. The First Is Responsible For The Splendour Of Our Cathedrals, The Second For The Gargoyles That Decorate Them To Remind Us That The World Is Full Of Monsters, Devils, And Succubi.

I Have Repeatedly Stressed That The Selfish Impulses Of Man Constitute A Much Less Historic Danger Than His Integrative Tendencies. To Put It In The Simplest Way: The Individual Who Indulges In An Excess Of Aggressive Self-assertiveness Incurs The Penalties Of Society-he Outlaws Himself, He Contracts Out Of The Hierarchy. The True Believer, On The Other Hand, Becomes More Closely Knit Into It; He Enters The Womb Of His Church, Or Party, Or Whatever The Social Holon To Which He Surrenders His Identity.

[my Father] Loved Me Tenderly And Shyly From A Distance, And Later On Took A Naive Pride In Seeing My Name In Print.

Death Tripped Down The Corridor, Changing Step, Struck Out Here And There, Danced Pirouettes; Often I Felt His Breath On My Face When He Was Miles Away; Often I Fell Asleep And Dreamed While He Stood Leaning Over My Bed.