I'm in favor of animal liberation. Why? Because I'm an animal.

We live in the kind of world where courage is the most essential of virtues; without courage, the other virtues are useless.

I'm in favor of animal liberation. Why? Because I'm an animal.

The canyon country does not always inspire love. To many it appears barren, hostile, repellent - a fearsome mostly waterless land of rock and heat, sand dunes and quicksand, cactus, thornbrush, scorpion, rattlesnake, and agaraphobic distances. To those who see our land in that manner, the best reply is, yes, you are right, it is a dangerous and terrible place. Enter at your own risk. Carry water. Avoid the noonday sun. Try to ignore the vultures. Pray frequently.

Our big social institutions do not reflect human nature; they distort it.

War: First day in the U.S. Army, the government placed a Bible in my left hand, a bayonet in the other.

The extreme clarity of the desert light is equaled by the extreme individuation of desert life forms. Love flowers best in openness and freedom.