The thing the ecologically illiterate don't realize about an ecosystem is that it's a system. A system! A system maintains a certain fluid stability that can be destroyed by a misstep in just one niche.

A creature who has spent his life creating one particular representation of his selfdom will die rather than become the antithesis of that representation

When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movements become headlong - faster and faster and faster. They put aside all thoughts of obstacles and forget the precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it's to late.

The most important survival ability for any life form is the ability to change.

I give you the chameleon, whose ability to blend itself into the background tells you all you need to know about the roots of ecology and the foundations of a personal identity

The proximity of a desirable thing tempts one to overindulgence. On that path lies danger.

Always prepare secondary ways of dealing with problems.