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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Time = Life, Therefore, waste your time and waste of your life, or master your time and master your life.
Time = Life, Therefore, waste your time and waste of your life, or master your time and master your life.
Reason can answer questions, but imagination has to ask them.
Reason can answer questions, but imagination has to ask them.
You do not reform a world by ignoring it.
You do not reform a world by ignoring it.
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.
There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.
There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.
If you haven't got the time to do it right, when will you find the time to do it over?
If you haven't got the time to do it right, when will you find the time to do it over?
Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.
Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.
To be human means to feel inferior.
To be human means to feel inferior.
