Life has had to deal with environmental change, especially climate change, since the beginning of its existence on Earth.

The only way to get our society to truly change is to frighten people with the possibility of a catastrophe.

Life and the environment are one thing, not two, and people, as all life, are immersed in the one system. When we influence nature, we influence ourselves; when we change nature, we change ourselves.

The purpose of education is to save young people from the paralyzing effects of wealth and poverty. (more or less verbatim quote)

Trying is the first step towards failure

It is but sorrow to be wise when wisdom profits not.

You know what insane people are, Alice?" the Pillar says. "They are just sane people who know too much.

We have real cliched ideas of what prison life is like. It is not a happy place. It's a desperate, sad situation.

Being a giver is not good for a 100-yard dash, but it’s valuable in a marathon.

I do have a favorite Zeppelin song, Larry, Black Dog.

I hope for an America where neither fundamentalist nor humanist will be a dirty word, but a fair description of the different ways in which people of good will look at life and into their own souls.

Profit maximization is the murderous strategy of global corporation hierarchies

Settle down, pup. I ain’t had my caffeine yet.” – Sundown