If we don't preserve forest habitat for spotted owls, then soon we won't have trees to refresh the air we breathe. And we're realizing that this applies to social ecology, as well.

If we come from good families where we have been supported well, there is a disillusionment we have to undergo in terms of the culture's values. We have to get beyond our cultural mythology to find out who we are.

If we had a better understanding of the ways we think about enemies, we might be able to think of more rational ways of settling conflict.

The best practice is to follow the advice posted on every railroad crossing: Stop. Look. Listen.

We learn to fly not by being fearless, but by the daily practice of courage.

I fall into all kinds of inauthenticity when I conspire to forget my mortality.

The root of humanly caused evil is not man's animal nature, not territorial aggression, or innate selfishness, but our need to gain self-esteem, deny our mortality, and achieve a heroic self-image. Our desire for the best is the cause of the worst.