The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe, the less taste we shall have for destruction.

But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.

One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself, "What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew i would never see it again?

Conservation is a cause that has no end. There is no point at which we will say our work is finished.

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.

The human race is challenged more than ever before to demonstrate our mastery, not over nature but of ourselves.

Science is part of the reality of living; it is the what, the how, and the why of everything in our experience.

We cannot have peace among men whose hearts find delight in killing any living creature.

Knowing what I do, there would be no future peace for me if I kept silent.

The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.

Drink in the beauty and wonder at the meaning of what you see.

Peace ought not be regarded the height of civilization, else like barbarians we forever battle for peace.

I would not be too surprised to see a flying horse

Before VCRs, people used to decorate the tops of their TVs with family photos.

Human nature is complex. Even if we do have inclinations toward violence, we also have inclination to empathy, to cooperation, to self-control.

Once politics become a tug-of-war for shares in the income pie, decent government is impossible.

If I wasn't a writer, I don't know what I'd be. Probably a marine biologist or something.

What was fascinating to me, is that she [Hillary Clinton] still cannot answer eloquently, answers about her e-mails, she still can't explains to me why she's not a third term of [Barack] Obama.

It's a kind of zen question: if you write a book and no one reads it, is it really a book?

There's always an added element of a poem when it's read aloud because then you can really hear the rhythm, and the cadence, and even the pronunciation sometimes adds another layer to the poem.

One must obey the man whom the city sets up in power in small things and in justice and in its opposite.