This wise man observed that wealth is a tool of freedom. But the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.

For now is my grief heavier than the sands of the seas, she thought. This world has emptied me of all but the oldest purpose: tomorrow's life.

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.

Police are inevitably corrupted. ... Police always observe that criminals prosper. It takes a pretty dull policeman to miss the fact that the position of authority is the most prosperous criminal position available.

I am not the river I am the net.

Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.

A man is a fool not to put everything he has, at any given moment, into what he is creating.