Ego is the world's worst narcotic

Soldiers train for war, but pray for peace

Climbing has taught me many lessons, one of the most important being, just how ever-present death is. Having faced death a few times now while climbing, has made me realize that I have no fear of it.

Your lies tells me as much about you, as do your truths.

What is false about hope?

School curriculum, learning activities--all educational pursuits--should be characterized by and should lead to a sense and experience of wholeness. (p25)

Premature independence is the daughter of conceit.

Every sentence, every phrase, every word has to fight for its life.

Money is coined liberty.

If you want a different life, you gotta start doing and learning different things.

I don't really go through a process, it goes through me.

Only the small secrets need to be protected. The large ones are kept secret by public incredulity.

If there is a reason to believe in God, it would be the Havana Leaf.

A made-up proverb from Dreams of the Compass Rose says, "In the desert, the only god is a well." I love exploring the intensity of such juxtaposition, the dangerous edge.