If I could remember your name, I'd ask you where I left my keys.

If I could remember your name, I'd ask you where I left my keys.

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?

I wish I could stand on a busy street corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all read more

I wish I could stand on a busy street corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours.

If I could remember the names of all these particles, I'd be a botanist.

If I could remember the names of all these particles, I'd be a botanist.

The idea is to make decisions and act on them -- to decide what is important to accomplish, to decide read more

The idea is to make decisions and act on them -- to decide what is important to accomplish, to decide how something can best be accomplished, to find time to work at it and to get it done.

Honor is the moral conscience of the great.

Honor is the moral conscience of the great.

Rules of society are nothing; ones conscience is the umpire.

Rules of society are nothing; ones conscience is the umpire.

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.

Pictures help you to form the mental mold...

Pictures help you to form the mental mold...