We Fall In Love When Our Imagination

Better Beware Of Notions Like Genius And Inspiration; They Are A Sort Of Magic Wand And Should Be Used Sparingly By Anybody Who Wants To See Things Clearly.

[i]t Is Necessary To Insist Upon This Extraordinary But Undeniable Fact: Experimental Science Has Progressed Thanks In Great Part To The Work Of Men Astoundingly Mediocre, And Even Less Than Mediocre. That Is To Say, Modern Science, The Root And Symbol Of Our Actual Civilization, Finds A Place For The Intellectually Commonplace Man And Allows Him To Work Therein With Success.

Human Vitality Is So Exuberant That In The Sorriest Desert It Still Finds A Pretext For Glowing And Trembling.

This Is The Gravest Danger That Today Threatens Civilization: State Intervention; The Absorption Of All Spontaneous Social Effort By The State, That Is To Say, Of Spontaneous Historical Action, Which In The Long Run Sustains, Nourishes, And Impels Human Destinies.

Life Is The External Text, The Burning Bush By The Edge Of The Path From Which God Speaks.