Of all bores, the worst is the sparkling bore.

Recorded history is largely an account of the crimes and disasters committed by banal little men at the levers of imperial machines.

Metaphysics is a cobweb that the mind weaves around things.

The industrial corporation is the natural enemy of nature.

Yes, there are plenty of heroes and heroines everywhere you look. They are not famous people. They are generally obscure and modest people doing useful work, keeping their families together and taking an active part in the health of their communities, opposing what is evil (in one way or another) and defending what is good. Heroes do not want power over others.

Women truly are better than men. Otherwise, they'd be intolerable.

Baseball serves as a good model for democracy in action: Every player is equally important and each has a chance to be a hero.