The great question of life is not the question of death but the question of life. Fear of death shames us all.

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.

Climate change is like my head: it’s not visible in every instance, but I’m pretty darn sure it’s there.

I have a number of vague ideas where I just have the core or kernel of the idea. I feel like I need some time for my mind to fill up again. I feel empty. Right now.

The man who obeys is nearly always better than the man who commands.

Freedom is the dream you dream While putting thought in chains again --

The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need.

After its hothouse incubation in the seventies, appropriation breathed important new life into art. This life flowered spectacularly over the decades - even if it's now close to aesthetic kudzu.

If I fall if I die know I lived it to the fullest, if I fall if I die know I lived and missed some bullets

No one likes to be criticized.

When dictatorship is a fact, revolution is a duty!

The Spirit is speaking strongly to me for you to place a $50 offering on the altar, when you do, God will do a now miracle.