Both dreams and myths are important communications from ourselves to ourselves. If we do not understand the language in which they are written we miss a great deal of what we know and tell ourselves in those hours when we are not busy manipulating the outside world.

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Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

The ordinary man with extraordinary power is the chief danger for mankind - not the fiend or the sa

The ordinary man with extraordinary power is the chief danger for mankind - not the fiend or the sadist.

Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children and not for the education of

Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children and not for the education of all adults of every age?

Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired it need not be deserved.

Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.

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