The pretense that humans are superior to nonhumans is entirely unsupportable. I have seen no compelling evidence that humans are particularly more "intelligent" than any other creature. I have had long and fruitful relationshis with many nonhuman animals, both domesticated and wild, and have reveled in the bouquet of radically different intelligences - different forms, not different "quantities" that they have introduced to me, each in his or her own time, in his or her own way.

Writing is really very easy. Tap a vein and bleed onto the page. Everything else is just technical.

A primary purpose of the police is to enforce the delusions of those with lots of green paper.

We cannot hope to create a sustainable culture with any but sustainable souls.

I think a lot of us are increasingly recognizing that the dominant culture is killing the planet.

I am only so beautiful as the character of my relationships, only so rich as I enrich those around me, only so alive as I enliven those I greet.

The task we all face as human beings ... is to find and become who we are. The task teachers face is to find their own way of teaching, one that manifests who they are.