The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any society, because it seeks to turn other ideas — uncertainty, progress, change — into crimes.

The capacity of the human mind for forming and manipulating symbols is what sets us apart from other animals.

世界上充满了神奇的事物，耐心地等待我们的感官变得更加敏锐。

I can’t play bridge. I don’t play tennis. All those things that people learn, and I admire, there hasn’t seemed time for. But what there is time for is looking out the window.