Somewhere in the depths of solitude, beyond wilderness and freedom, lay the trap of madness.

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.

We are mathematical equations where your life is the sum of all choices you've made until now. The good news is you can change the equation so that you start making a difference in your life.

It's so shameful of me: I like you.

The poorest person on earth is not the person who has no job, no cars, no money and no house. The poorest person is the one who has no vision. Visionlessness is poverty in disguise.

Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.

There's a whole lot more to the African-American community than entertainment and sports.

A few. . . critics are the only people I ever heard use the phrase 'imminent threat.' I didn't, the president didn't.

If peace is our single aim in all we do, we will always know what to do because we will do whatever will protect and deepen our peace.

Screw them. Yeah. But not literally. I'm not advocating promiscuity.

People need love. It’s the most powerful emotion in the world.

The insane asylum on Blackwell’s Island is a human rat-trap. It is easy to get in, but once there it is impossible to get out.