"We show wisdom by a decent conformity to social etiquette; it is excess of neatness or display that creates dandyism in men, and coquetry in women."
"If as individuals we can improve the geography only slightly, if at all, perhaps the more appropriately scaled subject for reshaping is ourselves."
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Source: The Ultimate Happiness. Inner Directions Journal Interview, ru.scribd.com. 1995.
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