Tides are like politics. They come and go with a great deal of fuss and noise, but inevitably they leave the beach just as they found it. On those few occasions when major change does occur, it is rarely a good news.

Talking with most people usually involves a search for truth. Talking with congressmen is strictly special effects.

Truth, beaten down, may well rise again. But there's a reason it gets beaten down. Usually, we don't like it very much.

So long as you believe in some truth you do not believe in yourself. You are a servant. A man of faith.

Boundaries have no existence save on charts or in small minds. Nature does not draw lines.

Faith is conviction without evidence, and sometimes even in the face of contrary evidence. In some quarters, this quality is perceived as a virtue.

There's not much to be said for sightseeing. You go somewhere that has a waterfall. You have a beer, watch the water go over the edge, and move on. Tours are all the same. In the end, the only thing that matters is the beer.