Desire, said the Buddha, is the cause of suffering. But without desire, what delight?

The earth, like the sun, like the air, belongs to everyone - and to no one.

Platitude: a statement that denies by implication what it explicitly affirms.

The real work of men was hunting meat. The invention of agriculture was a giant step in the wrong direction, leading to serfdom, cities, and empire. From a race of hunters, artists, warriors, and tamers of horses, we degraded ourselves to what we are now: clerks, functionaries, laborers, entertainers, processors of information.

My cousin Elroy spent seven years as an IBM taper staring at THINK signs on the walls before he finally got a good idea: He quit.

Books are like eggs -- best when fresh.

Freedom begins between the ears.