To make the best of both worlds. Oriental and European, the ancient and modern - what am I saying? To make the best of all the worlds - the worlds already realized within the various cultures and, beyond them, the worlds of still unrealized potentialities. (Marilyn Ferguson)

To make the best of both worlds. Oriental and European, the ancient and modern - what am I saying? To make the best of all the worlds - the worlds already realized within the various cultures and, beyond them, the worlds of still unrealized potentialities.

Marilyn Ferguson

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