With man gone, will there be hope for gorilla?

If the world is saved, it will not be saved by old minds with new programs but by new minds with no programs at all.

Indigenous people believe that Man belongs to the World; civilized people believe that the World belongs to Man.

If you can’t discover what’s keeping you in, the will to get out soon becomes confused and ineffectual - "Ishmael

The premise of the Taker story is 'the world belongs to man'. … The premise of the Leaver story is 'man belongs to the world'.

The world of the Takers is one vast prison, and except for a handful of Leavers scattered across the world, the entire human race is now inside that prison.

Don't try to drive the homeless into places we find suitable. Help them survive in places they find suitable.

There is no one right way to live.

[A]ny species that exempts itself from the rules of competition ends up destroying the community in order to support its own expansion.

Don't wait. Where do you expect to get by waiting? Doing is what teaches you. Doing is what leads to inspiration. Doing is what generates ideas. Nothing else, and nothing less.

No one species shall make the life of the world its own.' … That's one expression of the law. Here's another: 'The world was not made for any one species.

May we uphold God’s grace, goodness and goodwill.

A man wants to see a woman as an angel of imagination, but a woman wants to prove that she is a person.

I believe scientists have a duty to share the excitement and pleasure of their work with the general public, and I enjoy the challenge of presenting difficult ideas in an understandable way.

You can't knock a place where you realized your dreams.

When you're a young poet, reading is a search for your lost family.

The National Education Association is the al-Qaida of education.

It is worth a lot of bother to be able to think properly.

Our schools are filled with this potential energy, and we need to create an environment for that energy to manifest itself.

You can't be a free spirit in a place that feels like it was built on lockdown.

My wife has teeth like the stars... they come out at night.