One wonders whether a generation that demands instant satisfaction of all its needs and instant solution of the world's problems will produce anything of lasting value. Such a generation, even when equipped with the most modern technology, will be essentially primitive - it will stand in awe of nature, and submit to the tutelage of medicine men.

We take for granted the need to escape the self. Yet the self can also be a refuge. In totalitarian countries the great hunger is for private life. Absorption …

What monstrosities would walk the streets were some people's faces as unfinished as their minds.

The history of this country was made largely by people who wanted to be left alone. Those who could not thrive when left to themselves never felt at ease in Am…

Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd steam! afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car; Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the f…

The vast material displacements the machine has made in our physical environment are perhaps in the long run less important than its spiritual contributions to…

If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode onc…