Creative thought must always contain a random component.

The major problems in the world are the result of the difference between how nature works and the way people think.

The meaning of your communication is the response you get.

But epistemology is always and inevitably personal. The point of the probe is always in the heart of the explorer: What is my answer to the question of the nature of knowing?

We can never be quite clear whether we are referring to the world as it is or to the world as we see it.

Yes, metaphor. That's how the whole fabric of mental interconnections holds together. Metaphor is right at the bottom of being alive.

The creature that wins against its environment destroys itself.

Information is a difference that makes a difference.

What is the pattern that connects the crab to the lobster and the primrose to the orchid, and all of them to me, and me to you?

If a man achieves or suffers change in premises which are deeply embedded in his mind, he will surely find that the results of that change will ramify throughout his whole universe.

Without context words and actions have no meaning at all

Sometimes when it looks like I'm deep in thought I'm just trying not to have a conversation with people.

Adventure is not outside man

Because When you write about people, you inevitably offend--but if you write about animals, the evil do not recognize themselves but the good understand immediately.

The forces in a capitalist society if left unchecked tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.

We esteem in the world those who do not merit our esteem, and neglect persons of true worth; but the world is like the ocean--the pearl is in its depths, the seaweed swims.

There are rules about perception, but not about photography.

If we want it, we can enjoy the joy of our fidelity to the highest and best that is within us." --sat. afternoon 4/3/10 lds general conference

I am interested in power and in the idea of one country exerting power over another. The Soviets took this to an extreme.

I was almost one of The Magnificent Seven. I love horses and guns.

Awards that ignore me are losers.