Perhaps the attempt to achieve grace by identification with the animals was the most sensitive thing which was tried in the whole bloody history of religion .

The major problems in the world are the result of the difference between how nature works and the way people think.

The meaning of your communication is the response you get.

But epistemology is always and inevitably personal. The point of the probe is always in the heart of the explorer: What is my answer to the question of the nature of knowing?

We can never be quite clear whether we are referring to the world as it is or to the world as we see it.

Yes, metaphor. That's how the whole fabric of mental interconnections holds together. Metaphor is right at the bottom of being alive.

The creature that wins against its environment destroys itself.

Information is a difference that makes a difference.

What is the pattern that connects the crab to the lobster and the primrose to the orchid, and all of them to me, and me to you?

If a man achieves or suffers change in premises which are deeply embedded in his mind, he will surely find that the results of that change will ramify throughout his whole universe.

Without context words and actions have no meaning at all

Man is slave of emotions when they arise, and master of them when they don't.

Move beyond yourself to serve a greater purpose and vision. Learn to mix, mingle, and glow, thus helping others feel more comfortable, at ease, important, and connected.

Those who sacrifice essential liberty for temporary safety are not deserving of either liberty or safety.

I found that each time I opened my camera and filmed Jerusalem, its image was overtaking what I wanted to express.

There is nothing that strengthens the ego more than being right !

When I was about 12, I knew I wanted to be a musician. The blues had so much emotion and so much feeling; if you don't have that, you're not going to be good at it.

Real life isn't required to be logical, but fiction has to make sense.

To be free and to live a free life - that is the most beautiful thing there is.

Home is a place where we all do as we please - usually regardless of the others.

What was wrong with communism wasn't aberrant leadership, it was communism.