Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.

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?

Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the read more

Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there.

First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is.

First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is.

Seek the Infinite, for that alone is Joy unlimited, imperishable, unfailing, self-sustaining, unconditioned, timeless. When you have this joy, human read more

Seek the Infinite, for that alone is Joy unlimited, imperishable, unfailing, self-sustaining, unconditioned, timeless. When you have this joy, human life becomes a paradise; the light, the grace, the power, the perfections of that which is highest in your inner consciousness, appear in your everyday life.

I am ready any time. Do not keep me waiting.

I am ready any time. Do not keep me waiting.

One realizes the full importance of time only when there is little of it left. Every man's greatest capital asset read more

One realizes the full importance of time only when there is little of it left. Every man's greatest capital asset is his unexpired years of productive life.

To be human means to feel inferior.

To be human means to feel inferior.

And that's the world in a nutshell, which is an appropriate receptacle.

And that's the world in a nutshell, which is an appropriate receptacle.