Truth is the only healthy place from which to speak. Assumption is the birthplace of godless chatter.
The greatest challenge facing mankind is the challenge of distinguishing reality from fantasy, truth from propaganda.
Books aren't written - they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't quite done it.
Living systems are never in equilibrium. They are inherently unstable. They may seem stable, but they’re not. Everything is moving and changing. In a sense, everything is on the edge of collapse.
You think you can destroy the planet? What intoxicating vanity. . . . . We've been residents here for the blink of an eye. If we're gone tomorrow, the earth will not miss us.
Life is wonderful. It's a gift to be alive, to see the sun and breathe the air. And there isn't really anything else.
The purpose of life is to stay alive. Watch any animal in nature--all it tries to do is stay alive. It doesn't care about beliefs or philosophy. Whenever any animal's behavior puts it out of touch with the realities of its existence, it becomes exinct.
It had been a perfect nap - the sort a man runs into now and again by chance.
What I used to do between writing fits was feed my kids, ride my horse and go shopping for cat and dog food.
Waiting is still an occupation. It is having nothing to wait for that is terrible.
I have enough money for the rest of my life and enough to leave a good inheritance for our kids.