"The tree of knowledge is not the tree of life!" And yet can we cast out of our spirits all read more

"The tree of knowledge is not the tree of life!" And yet can we cast out of our spirits all the good or evil poured into them by so many learned generations? Ignorance cannot be learned.

All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.

All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.

What one generation sees as a luxury, the next sees as a necessity.

What one generation sees as a luxury, the next sees as a necessity.

Our tastes greatly alter. The lad does not care for the child's rattle, and the old man does not care read more

Our tastes greatly alter. The lad does not care for the child's rattle, and the old man does not care for the young man's whore.

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one read more

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it

Every generation needs a new revolution.

Every generation needs a new revolution.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a read more

Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a passion for his own music that is even stronger than his passions for procrastination and weird clothes.

All change, all production and generation are effected through the word.

All change, all production and generation are effected through the word.