Performance Is An Act Of

[the Sea] Is The Healer And The Reviver, It Cleanses The Cavities Of Self-disgust And Melancholy, Of Sloth And Negation With The Salt Solution Of Life. It Cures The Lethargies Of Flesh And Spirit With The Slap And Shake Of Elemental Force. It Cradles And Comforts. Give It Trust And It Holds You Secure; Fight It And It Kills.

For Every Five Well-adjusted And Smoothly Functioning Americans, There Are Two Who Never Had The Chance To Discover Themselves. It May Well Be Because They Have Never Been Alone With Themselves.

It Is Not Enough To Show People How To Live Better; There Is A Mandate For Any Group With Enormous Powers Of Communication To Show People How To Be Better.

The Great Omission In American Life Is Solitude; Not Loneliness, For This Is An Alienation That Thrives Most In The Midst Of Crowds, But That Zone Of Time And Space, Free From The Outside Pressures, Which Is The Incubator Of The Spirit.

Human Progress Had So Often Been Checked By Those Who Were Afraid Of Losing What They Had.