Zoo is an artificial territory, an approximation. Civilization is our natural territory.

You must take life the way it comes at you and make the best of it.

My life is like a memento mori painting from European art: there is always a grinning skull at my side to remind me of the folly of human ambition.

Slice a pear and you will find that its flesh is incandescent white. It glows with inner light. Those who carry a knife and a pear are never afraid of the dark.

To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.

Life is a peephole, a single tiny entry onto a vastness--how can I not dwell on this brief, cramped view of things? This peephole is all I've got!

We commonly say in the trade that the most dangerous animal in a zoo is Man.

I know zoos are no longer in people's good graces. Religion faces the same problem. Certain illusions about freedom plague them both.

If you stumble at mere believability, what are you living for? Isn't love hard to believe?

No one dies of nausea, but it can seriously sap the will to live.

I turned around, stepped over the Zebra and threw myself overboard.

Looking forward as you reflect back ….. encourages success at your feet” rdp

If we want to change the systems we are part of - our countries, communities, organizations, and families - we must also see and change ourselves

Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem.

Men must teach each other that real men do not violate or oppress women - and that a woman's place is not just in the home or the field, but in schools and offices and boardrooms.

You are Spider-Man!" she exclaimed. Simon glanced down from his perch halfway up the pillar. "That makes you Mary Jane. She has red hair.

Fervor is the weapon of choice for the impotent.

I believe that I am very lucky to have close friends who are faithful. From my friends, I have learned the importance of perseverance.

If the ingredients for happiness are not within a person, no material success or entertainment or platinum credit cards can make that person smile.

If you want to understand Jesus, you have to study the whole Bible. Christian duty is not defined solely by the words in red.

McMahon 3:16 says 'I just pissed my pants!'