To live is shared by all, but not to be worthy of living.

Bright light is injurious to those who see nothing.

Hunger for gold is made greater as more gold is acquired.

Nothing is higher than the love of truth.

Nothing is uglier than the sinner, nothing so leprous or fetid; the scar of his crimes is still raw, and he stinks like the cave of Hell.

To you, I'm an atheist.To God, I'm the loyal opposition.

Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.

Art is what you get away with

The wilderness is a place for spiritual rebirth.

When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.

Maybe the way we have learned to look has changed in the last 25 years, and the exotic is much more acceptable. There are many artists now, younger artists, who work out of the exotic

Electing clean-energy leaders into the Senate, the House, and the Oval Office - and getting it done in the next few years - is the only real solution to climate stabilization at acceptable levels.

Gestation requires protected space; ripening requires both permeability to the outer — and non-disturbance.

There is a well known saying among designers in the educational games business: 'If you want to take all of the fun out of it, get a bunch of educators involved.

If you could meet your grandkids as elderly citizens in the year 2100 … you would view them as being, basically, Greek gods… that's where we're headed.