God is love? Not bloody likely.

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.

Look for the love, you will find the beauty.

And he didn't get tired or sleepy, for the beauty burned in him like fire.

A fulfilling life is different to each person. You have to acknowledge your dreams, and not just wait for life to happen, and opportunities to come knocking at your door.

Charity itself consists in acting justly and faithfully in whatever office, business and employment a person is engaged in.

Absolute atheism starts in an act of faith in reverse gear and is a full-blown religious commitment.

I've been very, very fortunate. I never had to work for a living.

I thought about starting a novella club because it seemed less ambitious.

For me, a bit of anthropology in the evening is always better than staying and watching the telly.

A sense of Jesus’ absence might be a sign of his presence- a sign that he’s working already in your life.

Fanaticism is not a state of religion but a state of mind.