“and our few good times will be rare because we have the critical sense
and are not easy to fool with laughter”
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Source: Philosophy and the Return to Self-Knowledge (1997), p. 169

Disturbing the Universe (1979)
Context: If we had a reliable way to label our toys good and bad, it would be easy to regulate technology wisely. But we can rarely see far enough ahead to know which road leads to damnation. Whoever concerns himself with big technology, either to push it forward or to stop it, is gambling in human lives. <!-- Pt. 1, Ch. 1

Inside the Actor's Studio interview by James Lipton, New School University, November 21, 2004 http://www.natalieportman.com/npcom.php?page_number=24&limit=100&view=

What is the New Element in the Norwegian School?
1890s, Quintessence Of Ibsenism (1891; 1913)

Debate with Barry Goldwater, University of Arizona campus, Tucson, Arizona, November 1961

Source: Why We Fail as Christians (1919), p. 22

“We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects”
Source: Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom, p. 13