We don't understand the power of nature and the world because we don't live with it. Our environment is designed to sustain us. We are the domestic pets of a human zoo called civilization.

The sun beams are always there. The trick is in seeing them.

To deal with reality you must first recognize it as such.

The word 'experienced' often refers to someone who's gotten away with doing the wrong thing more frequently than you have.

Gravity is on duty all of the time.

The summit is not the only place on the mountain.

But what is the way forward? I know what it isn't. It's not, as we once believed, plenty to eat and a home with all the modern conveniences. It's not a 2,000-mile-long wall to keep Mexicans out or more accurate weapons to kill them. It's not a better low-fat meal or a faster computer speed. It's not a deodorant, a car, a soft drink, a skin cream. The way forward is found on a path through the wilderness of the head and heart---reason and emotion. Thinking, knowing, understanding.