A society that feels itself too poor to afford the preservation of wilderness is not worthy of the name civilization.

Poetry -- even bad poetry -- may be our final hope.

The basic science is not physics or mathematics but biology -- the study of life. We must learn to think both logically and bio-logically.

Through logic and inference we can prove anything. Therefore, logic and inference, in contrast to ordinary daily living experience, are secondary instruments of knowledge. Probably tertiary.

The very poor are strictly materialistic. It takes money to be a mystic.

Trout fishing. One must be a stickler for proper form. Use nothing but #4 blasting caps, or a hand grenade, if handy, or at a pool well-lined with stone, one blast from a .44 magnum will bring a few stunned brookies quietly to the surface.

Fence straddlers have no balls. In compensation, however, they enjoy a comfortable seat and can retreat swiftly, when danger threatens, to either side of the fence. There is something to be said for every position.