[William A. Baurle]

Let's try one amazing quote.

I was reading Wikipedia's article on Maxim Gorky (having originally been appalled by one quote of his I read, which I will get to later), and happened on a fantastic set of words:

In 1916, Gorky said that the teachings of the ancient Jewish sage Hillel the Elder deeply influenced his life: "In my early youth I read...the words of...Hillel, if I remember rightly: 'If thou art not for thyself, who will be for thee? But if thou art for thyself alone, wherefore art thou'?

This is a fantastic statement, and may act as a springboard for better communication among us Spherians.

I won't write a lot here, but only offer what I've written in my own blogs, and may have written at Eratosphere. My memory is terrible, please bear with me.

The only way to protect the community is by exalting the individual; and the only way to protect the individual, is by preserving the community. - Moi

Sounds like a contradiction, but, in my many years of ferverish study, I have come to the conclusion that it's true.

It's NOT an either/or game. The truth, and the best means to safeguard humanity, is not on the left, or the right, but in the middle.*

Thoughts?

*The Point. As mentioned by Julian of Norwich, and Euclid, is the beginning. It's where it starts, everything. Think Big Bang, think geometry. Geometry starts with a point, and draws a line. And goes from there.

Reality, the truth, is in the middle. Sound like Woo? It's not. It's reality.