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?
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O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!.
O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!.
The world is a living image of God.
The world is a living image of God.
It has sometimes been said that we find nowhere in nature an analogue of the difference between "happens" and "is," read more
It has sometimes been said that we find nowhere in nature an analogue of the difference between "happens" and "is," on the one hand, and "ought," on the other hand.
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is read more
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes - every form of animate read more
Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes - every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man.
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.
You will never find time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.
You will never find time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.
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.
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.
