Each thing in its way, when true to its own character, is equally beautiful. (p 41)

To the intelligent man or woman, life appears infinitely mysterious. But the stupid have an answer for every question.

The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.

I hold no preference among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous.

Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top.

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.

Civilization is a youth with a molotov cocktail in his hand. Culture is the Soviet tank or L.A. cop that guns him down.

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.

There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California.

Christians should use their prosperity for the glory of the Kingdom of God.

When it comes to compounding, don't trust your intuition - you have no idea how powerful it is.

One small cat changes coming home to an empty house to coming home.

The secret of joy is the mastery of pain.

You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to any of your heroes. Become what you wish to be.

When you see how fragile and delicate life can be, all else fades into the background.

Each indecision brings its own delays and days are lost lamenting over lost days... What you can do or think you can do, begin it. For boldness has magic, power, and genius in it.

I learn so much from writing with other musicians, asking questions about their playing style and gear, and hanging out, too.

What is one to think of those fools who tell one that the artist is always subordinate to nature? Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

I worry, that we are a people in a process of great transition and we are forgetting what we are connected to. We are losing our frame of reference.