Technology itself has no value, it only has value when applied to real life.
The man who believes that the secrets of the world are forever hidden lives in mystery and fear. Superstition will drag him down. The rain will erode the deeds of his life. But that man who sets himself the task of singling out the thread of order from the tapestry will by the decision alone have taken charge of the world and it is only by such taking charge that he will effect a way to dictate the terms of his own fate.
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.
"The stage is a battleground for the soul."
The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.