The absurd vanity of metaphysicians who like to imagine that they create the world by thinking about it.

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.

I want to be able to be alone, to find it nourishing - not just a waiting.

The point of life was to press on, to do the best you can, to make the world a better place.

I don't watch horror movies because they scare me!

People gave me such a bad time about wanting a baby. I didn't want a baby, and I still don't. I wanted a dog.

In the middle of chaos lies opportunity.

A tough will counts. So does desire.So does a rich soft wanting.Without rich wanting nothing arrives.

You were hidden behind walls of ice; no man had passed them; I broke them down and love leapt to love, and you lie here, my beautiful, love in the arms of its lover.

It's a big theme in my life, learning about myself and being a better person. I'm a work in progress; I have revelations every day.

You wait until life is in the frame, then you have the permission to click. I like the adventure of waiting until the whole frame is full.

Of course, I don't act in an extreme fashion in my day to day life. I don't think any of us live do. I think we all have that reserve somewhere and we pull upon it when we need it.