In order to write a book, it is necessary to sit down (or stand up) and write. Therein lies the difficulty.

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.

Time is a strange storyteller. It writes, erases and rewrites endlessly. Things change, places and people become unrecognizable, but stories are repeated endlessly

When you have spent long years in the dark, there is joy in seeing the light and pleasure, above all, in the ordinary.

The only way around it is to stay with one guy forever." But does forever have a built-in ending...?

To an adolescent, there is nothing in the world more embarrassing than a parent.

The pain passes, but the beauty remains.

There is always a certain noise in applause: even in the applause we give ourselves.

Old muleskinners told how the mules were waiting at the shaft when they arrived each morning. They wanted relief from the heat, deerflies and mosquitoes just like the men.

Tragedy stays alive by feeling what's been done to us, while peace comes alive by living with the results.

Not for ourselves alone, but for all humanity... Let us hasten to find the path that leads to liberty, safety, and peace for everyone.

I'm not acting, but I am acting.