“Native societies did not think of themselves as being in the world as occupants but considered that their rituals created the world and keep it operational.”

“The world is created for all human beings to enjoy life. Adam did not have a tribe.”

“Women are never supposed to have any occupation of sufficient importance not to be interrupted, except "suckling their fools "; and women themselves have accepted this, have written books to support it, and have trained themselves so as to consider whatever they do as not of such value to the world or to others, but that they can throw it up at the first "claim of social life." They have accustomed themselves to consider intellectual occupation as a merely selfish amusement, which it is their " duty " to give up for every trifler more selfish than themselves.”

“A human being must have occupation, if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.”

“It is admirable to consider how many Millions of People come into, and go out of the World, Ignorant of themselves, and of the World they have lived in.”

“I consider Xi Jinping the most dangerous enemy of open societies in the world.”

“The more chaotic the world, the greater the need for ritual.”

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing themselves.”

“Human beings are in this world to learn and to change themselves in learning.”

“No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality. The worlds in which different societies live are distinct worlds, not merely the same world with different labels attached.”