Postwar economic difficulties afflict practically all the countries of the world. It requires not only genius to handle them, but a mind awake to the fact that a new era is dawning for mankind, a mind unhampered by past prejudices or limitations. But just as serious is the spiritual crisis, for Nature is demanding a choice of roads and destinations also. After all, we are here on earth not just to bake bread in order to keep the body alive, but ultimately to use that body to effect spiritual salvation. If the response to this crisis is not right, then our economic geniuses will not be needed, for the planet will simply shake her back and swallow up millions of people and their economic systems. It would be pleasant to look the other way and be blandly optimistic, but experiences of the past few years incline those who understand, more and more towards pessimism.
-- Notebooks Category 13: Human Experience > Chapter 4 : World Crisis > # 355
