Romanticism was more than merely an alternative to a sterile classicism; romanticism made possible, especially in art, a great expansion of the human consciousness.

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.

A great poet can give wings to abstract thoughts that touch a reader’s mind with the ecstasy of joy.

You are young. So you know everything. You leap into the boat and begin rowing. But, listen to me. Without fanfare, without embarrassment, without doubt, I talk directly to your soul. Listen to me.

Wealth aggregates and becomes political power. Simple as that. ‘Corporation’ is just the most recent name for it.

Mad is the man who is forever gritting his teeth against that granite block, complete and changeless, of the past.

I've learned so much, so very much about myself in defeat. I've learned very little to nothing in victory.

Hey, girls, you're beautiful. Don't look at those stupid magazines with sticklike models. Eat healthy and exercise.

You are an analog girl, living in a digital world.

I get to play a scorching lead guitar, and there's not much that's more fun than that.

Congress is best viewed from a distance - the farther the better - because up close, it is truly ugly.