Quit smoking, and observe posted speed limits. This will improve your odds of getting old enough to be wise.

Humans can be fairly ridiculous animals.

There are some who'd hardly lift a finger for kindness, but they would haul up a load of rock to dump on some soul they think's been too lucky.

Feeling that morality has nothing to do with the way you use the resources of the world is an idea that can't persist much longer. If it does, then we won't.

Back then I was still appalled that God would set down his barefoot boy and girl dollies into an Eden where, presumably, He had just turned loose elephantiasis and microes that eat the human cornea. Now I understand, God is not just rooting fo the dollies.

It seems very safe to me to be surrounded by green growing things and water.

There is a strange moment in time, after something horrible happens, when you know it's true, but you haven't told anyone yet.