what man calls civilizationalways results in desertsman is never on the squarehe uses up the fat and greenery of the eartheach generation wastes a little moreof the future with greed and lust for riches

As the skull of the man grows broader, so do his creeds. And his gods they are shaped in his image and mirror his needs. And he clothes them with thunders and beauty, He clothes them with music and fire, Seeing not, as he bows by their altars, That he worships his own desire.

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.

The most pleasant and useful persons are those who leave some of the problems of the universe for God to worry about.

fire is beautiful and we know that if we get too close it will kill us but what does that matter it is better to be happy for a moment and be burned up with beauty than to live a long time and be bored all the while

Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

I get up in the morning with an idea for a three-volume novel and by nightfall it's a paragraph in my column.