Better a thousand times even a swiftly fading, ephemeral moment of life than the epoch-long unconsciousness of the stone.

For observing nature, the best pace is a snail's pace.

For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together. For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad.

For the mind disturbed, the still beauty of dawn is nature's finest balm.

Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals 'love' them. But those who respect their natures and wish to let them live normal lives, love them more.

In nature, there is less death and destruction than death and transmutation.

Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves.

All things seem possible in May.

It is morally as bad not to care whether anything is true or not.

Time and space - time to be alone, space to move about - these may well become the great scarcities of tomorrow.

The world's favorite season is the spring. All things seem possible in May.

The human animal began as a mere wriggling thing in the ancient seas, struggling out onto land with many regrets. That is what brings us so full of longing to the sea.

Anxiety and stress derive from fear and self-doubt.

At the school of wisdom, mistake is not just a lesson but, a laboratory

There is a devil inside each one of us. Some just know to hide it too well.

President Bush has proven he'll take a stand and fight for his programs and initiatives. It's the kind of leadership that makes things happen.

One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind.

I'm not saying I'm some high priestess. I do things, I'm sure, that are damaging, but it's certainly not on purpose.

Our first computers were born not out of greed or ego, but in the revolutionary spirit of helping common people rise above the most powerful institutions.

They don't have special rights because we have civil rights laws that protect them. The laws work both ways.

Invest in the millennium. Plant sequoias. Say that your main crop is the forest that you did not plant, that you will not live to harvest.