I have been in love, and in debt, and in drink, this many and many a year.

I have been in love, and in debt, and in drink, this many and many a year.

You are told a lot about your education, but some beautiful, sacred memory, preserved since childhood, is perhaps the best read more

You are told a lot about your education, but some beautiful, sacred memory, preserved since childhood, is perhaps the best education of all. If a man carries many such memories into life with him, he is saved for the rest of his days. And even if only one good memory is left in our hearts, it may also be the instrument of our salvation one day.

Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality.

Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality.

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 feel bad that I don't feel worse.

I feel bad that I don't feel worse.

Reason can answer questions, but imagination has to ask them.

Reason can answer questions, but imagination has to ask them.

I think my securities far outweigh my insecurities. I am not nearly as afraid of myself and my imagination as read more

I think my securities far outweigh my insecurities. I am not nearly as afraid of myself and my imagination as I used to be.

Every day you waste is one you can never make up.

Every day you waste is one you can never make up.

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no read more

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.