Jungles and grasslands are the logical destinations, and towns and farmland the labyrinths that people have imposed between them sometime in the past. I cherish the green enclaves accidentally left behind.

I see no way out of the problems that organized religion and tribalism create other than humans just becoming more honest and fully aware of themselves.

We exist in a bizarre combination of Stone Age emotions, medieval beliefs, and god-like technology.

People yearn to be in one of the best--a combat marine regiment, an elite college, the executive committee of a company, a religious sect, a fraternity, a garden club--any collectivity that can be compared favorably with other, competing groups.

Adults forget the depths of languor into which the adolescent mind decends with ease. They are prone to undervalue the mental growth that occurs during daydreaming and aimless wandering

Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.

Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we're hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.