I thought a forest was made up entirely of trees, but now I know that the foundation lies below ground, in the fungi.

I've since come to understand the reason school lasts thirteen years. It takes that long to sufficiently break a child's will. It is not easy to disconnect children's wills, to disconnect them from their own experiences of the world in preparation for the lives of painful employment they will have to endure.

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

As is true for most people I know, I've always loved learning. As is also true for most people I know, I always hated school. Why is that?

If you only had a limited time to life (which is of course the case), how would you spend your time?

If your homeland were invaded by aliens who cut down the forests, poisoned the water and air and contaminated the food supply, would you resist?

For us to maintain our way of living, we must tell lies to each other and especially to ourselves. The lies are necessary because, without them, many deplorable acts would become impossibilities.