A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

Do you know why angels can fly?

Because they take themselves lightly!

You cannot simultaneously prepare for and prevent war.

Violence := Any act that reduces self-esteem

...it seemed to me we had the kind of awakening that the great religions first intended, and that somehow it involved everybody. There were kids there. There were old people there, and in other parts of the building there were people just dancing and dancing... we had a chance to awaken our hearts, unbound by any particular cultural or religious commitments to this group or that. It seemed to me, and I'm meaning this very seriously, a prime religious experience that transcended all the bondages and definitions of who and what we are that are the curse of the world today.