Nations endure only as long as their topsoil.

People in cities may forget the soil for as long as a hundred years, but Mother Nature's memory is long and she will not let them forget indefinitely.

To destroy a standing crop goes against the soundest instincts of human nature.

What would the world be like if men never ruled again?

A fictional Dystopia is better than a fake Utopia.

Certainly it constitutes bad news when the people who agree with you are buggier than batshit.

People are just so stupid.

When the foot of the' mountain is enveloped in mist, the mountain appears to us much loftier than it is; so also when the ground and basis of a disaster is not clear to us.

I'm crazy about James Brown. I'm crazy about soul music. And then the blues. Rhythm and blues.

So much of what we are currently seeing as far as human suffering and misery comes from diseases that should have been preventable but were not.

We had one thing in common - we were in love. But love is just a gift, and it doesn't answer everything and it's like a precious plant that you have to nurture and look after and all that.

You're not the only one falling

I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.