Only in the last moment in history has the delusion arisen that people can flourish apart from the rest of the living world.

We're as ephemeral as raindrops. We all fall, and we all land somewhere.

If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.

A whole new generation of Christians has come up believing that it is possible to 'accept' Christ without forsaking the world.

Worshipers never leave church...we carry our sanctuary with us wherever we go.

Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.

Faith is not a conclusion you reach...it's a journey you live.

Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down.

Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.

You teach me, I forget. You show me, I remember. You involve me, I understand.

Look closely at nature. Every species is a masterpiece, exquisitely adapted to the particular environment in which it has survived. Who are we to destroy or even diminish biodiversity?

No, my career as a warrior princess, short as it had been, was over, I thought morosely. Violence only works if you're good at it. Otherwise, it hurts too much.

Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear.

I suppose I have the tastes of someone who teaches at a university in the provinces.

Talk of revolution is one of avoiding reality.

But the real secret to total gorgeousness is to believe in yourself, have self confindence, and try to be secure in your decisions and thoughts.

You can wear ruffles; you can be a jock, and you can still be a great computer scientist, or a great technologist, or a great product designer.

To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness.

Therefore, I do not wish to consider any proposition to cede any portion of our tribal holdings to the Great Father.

On the farm the weather was the great fact, and men's affairs went on underneath it, as the streams creep under the ice.