“I know if I was a woman I wouldnt want to be a member of an organization thats mostly men.”

Ego is a structure that is erected by a neurotic individual who is a member of a neurotic culture against the facts of the matter. And culture, which we put on like an overcoat, is the collectivized consensus about what sort of neurotic behaviors are acceptable.

Seen as an economic, political, cultural, and psychological re-membering vision, it should continue to guide remembering practices

The characteristic feature of a free society is that it can function in spite of the fact that its members disagree in many judgments of value.

Most higher education is devoted to affirming the traditions and origins of an existing elite and transmitting them to new members.

Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most people, it’s not hard to learn, to find a pattern of thought that works and stay that way. But our minds move in a dozen different directions.

The creative members of an orthodoxy, any orthodoxy, ultimately outgrow their disciplines.

The thing is, I don’t do these things for recognition, being a good teammate, being a positive member of the community. I do them because those things make me whole and complete.

We will be a better country when each religious group can trust its members to obey the dictates of their own religious faith without assistance from the legal structure of the country.