Freedom of conscience entails more dangers than authority and despotism.

Freedom of conscience entails more dangers than authority and despotism.

Some of us still get all weepy when we think about the Gaia Hypothesis, the idea that earth is a read more

Some of us still get all weepy when we think about the Gaia Hypothesis, the idea that earth is a big furry goddess-creature who resembles everybody's mom in that she knows what's best for us. But if you look at the historical record -- Krakatoa, Mt. Vesuvius, Hurricane Charley, poison ivy, and so forth down the ages -- you have to ask yourself: Whose side is she on, anyway?

There is nothing certain in a man's life but that he must lose it.

There is nothing certain in a man's life but that he must lose it.

Honor is the moral conscience of the great.

Honor is the moral conscience of the great.

Dubito ergo cogito; cogito ergo sum.(I doubt, therefore I think; I think therefore I am)

Dubito ergo cogito; cogito ergo sum.(I doubt, therefore I think; I think therefore I am)

The stupendous fact that we stand in the midst of reality will always be something far more wonderful than anything read more

The stupendous fact that we stand in the midst of reality will always be something far more wonderful than anything we do.

Time is money says the proverb, but turn it around and you get a precious truth. Money is time.

Time is money says the proverb, but turn it around and you get a precious truth. Money is time.

Memory is the cabinet of the imagination, the treasury of reason, the registry of conscience, and, the council chamber of read more

Memory is the cabinet of the imagination, the treasury of reason, the registry of conscience, and, the council chamber of thought.

Imitation is the sincerest form of television.

Imitation is the sincerest form of television.