“Since barbarism has its pleasures it naturally has its apologists.”

“But maybe they were barbarians. Maybe this is what most barbarians look like. They look like everybody else.”

“In the world there is, parallel to the force of death and constraint, an enormous force of persuasion that is called cul...”

“Every individual is at once the beneficiary and the victim of the linguistic tradition into which he has been born.”

“A civilized society is one that exhibits the five qualities of truth beauty adventure art and peace.”

“It is strange that the world accepts enthusiasm in every realm but the spiritual.”

“Music can change the world because it can change people.”

“And if you can find any way out of our culture, then that's a trap too. Just wanting to get out of the trap reinforces t...”

“The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come.”

“Custom reconciles us to everything.”

“Culture is the operating system of our society; whether we can solve collective action problems depends on it.”

“There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all right it is the ideal American...”