A true libertarian supports free enterprise, opposes big business; supports local self-government, opposes the nation-state; supports the National Rifle Association, opposes the Pentagon.

If there's anyone still present whom I've failed to insult . . . I apologize.

If it's knowledge and wisdom you want, then seek out the company of those who do real work for an honest purpose.

Only a fool would leave the enjoyment of rainbows to the opticians. Or give the science of optics the last word on the matter.

There's another disadvantage to the use of the flashlight: like many other mechanical gadgets it tends to separate a man from the world around him. If I switch it on my eyes adapt to it and I can see only the small pool of light it makes in front of me; I am isolated. Leaving the flashlight in my pocket where it belongs, I remain a part of the environment I walk through and my vision though limited has no sharp or definite boundary.

As war and government prove, insanity is the most contagious of diseases.

Wilderness. The word itself is music.