Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.----George WashingtonBe courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.

 " Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate."

"The most moral activity of all is the creation of space for life to move around."

"Sanity is not truth. Sanity is conformity to what is socially expected. Truth is sometimes in conformity, sometimes not."

"Cultures are not the source of all morals, only a limited set of morals. Cultures can be graded and judged morally according to their contribution to the evolution of life."

The truth knocks on the door and you say "Go away, I'm looking for the truth," and so it goes away. Puzzling.