philosphy

I now suspect that just as a deer herd lives in mortal fear of its wolves, so does a mountain live in mortal fear of its deer. And perhaps with better cause, for while a buck pulled down by wolves can be replaced in two or three years, a range pulled down by too many deer may fail for replacement in as many decades

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

A wiz does not only rely on his or her peers for assistance., however he or she will unleash his or her exceptional accomplishments by working wisely and independently.

Clouds are just nature's stepping stones to the heavens.

He, too, was in the grip of rage and rhetoric. I saw that, attractive though his side of the political spectrum was. A cancerous violence had eaten into every political idea, had taken over the ideas themselves, and for so many, all that mattered was the willingness to do something. Action led to action, free of any moorings, and the way to be someone, the way to catch the attention of the young and recruit them to one's cause, was to be enraged. It seemed as if the only way this lure of violence could be avoided was by having no causes, by being magnificiently isolated from loyalties. But was that not an ethical lapse graver than rage itself?

Progress just means bad things happen faster.

I don't think that you know who we are, but we know who you are!

Hope is believing in something that eludes you. It's a desperate feeling in a desperate situation.

Words are never enough!

People hide the truth to protect those they love!

Endless seas, mean endless adventures.

Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.

If we believe in nothing, if nothing has any meaning and if we can affirm no values whatsoever, then everything is possible and nothing has any importance.

Deep in my heart politeness impresses me more than competence.

Ability does catches my attention, but its a politeness in the person that I remember.

Need doesn't care about being sensible.

Even a cockroach can be legendary by being killed by a legend.

Doing something once can be addicting. Doing it twice is admitting it.