When the prophet, a complacent fat man, Arrived at the mountain-top He cried: "Woe to my knowledge! I intended to see good white lands And bad black lands— But the scene is grey.

Sometimes, the most profound of awakenings come wrapped in the quietest of moments.

A man said to the universe: 'Sir, I exist!' 'However,' replied the universe. 'The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation.

Every sin is the result of collaboration.

Perhaps an individual must consider his own death to be the final phenomenon of nature.

Truth ... Is a breath, a wind, A shadow, a phantom; Long have I pursued it, But never have I touched The hem of its garment.

The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation.

Half of tradition is a lie.

But I like it Because it is bitter, And because it is my heart.

Think as I think," said a man, "or you are abominably wicked; you are a toad." And after I thought of it, I said, "I will, then, be a toad.

There is nothing- No life, No joy, No pain- There is nothing save opinion, And opinion be damned.

We should all grow our own food and do our own waste processing, we really should.

Happiness arises in a state of peace, not of tumult.

I used to collect vintage clothing - exquisite lace dresses, embroidered shawls and ornate jewelry - but that's just not me any more.

The negative impact of population growth on all of our planetary ecosystems is becoming appallingly evident.

The essence of Africa's crises is fundamentally it's extreme poverty.

Bobby McGee' was the song that made the difference for me. Every time I sing it, I still think of Janis.

School libraries are the foundations of our culture – not luxuries.

From my point of view, a great deal of openly expressed piety is insufferable conceit.

Grace will ever speak for itself and be fruitful in well-doing; the sanctified, cross is a fruitful tree.

There's no such thing as life; or if there is, It is faster than the weather, faster than Any character. It is more than any scene: Of the guillotine or of any glamorous hanging.