During half a century of literary work, I have endeavoured to introduce the philosophy of evolution into the sphere of literature, and to inspire my readers to think in evolutionary terms.

A probing analysis of the problems of evolution forms the basis of my prose.

For many years I was engaged in journalism, writing articles and chronicles for the daily press without ever joining the staff of any newspaper.

There is something of the freshness of mind, of the lightness of spirit in Linne which for centuries has been linked in people's minds with the mountains of Sweden and Swedish joy in nature.

Whenever one reads of the determination of the species, or opens a book on natural science and history, in whatever language, one inevitably comes across the name of Linne.

When I was walking in the mountains with the Japanese man and began to hear the water, he said, 'What is the sound of the waterfall?' 'Silence, ' he finally told me.

Thought makes the whole dignity of man; therefore endeavor to think well, that is the only morality.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude- roots that can be pulled up.

I'm no politician but I do feel that a lot of damage was done because of misguided principals and America is still suffering from it.

I used to let the olde english 8- suds bubble in the last car of the Franklin Avenue shuttle

It's nice to be included in people's fantasies but you also like to be accepted for your own sake.

Scars are proof we can can survive

To be a legend, you generally had to be dead.

The news media's silence, particularly television news, is reprehensible. If we knew as much about Darfur as we do about Michael Jackson, we might be able to stop these things from continuing.

Please tell me the cave just had a little indigestion. (Kat)