Gloom is but a shadow of a cloud passing by

These people walk by a widow deformed by leprosy...walk by children dressed in rags living in the street, and they think, 'Business as usual.' But if they perceive a slight against God, it is a different story. Their faces go red, their chests heave mightily, they sputter angry words. The degree of their indignation is astonishing. Their resolve is frightening.

The worst pair of opposites is boredom and terror. Sometimes your life is a pendulum swing from one to the other.

We commonly say in the trade that the most dangerous animal in a zoo is Man.

All living things contain a measure of madness that moves them in strange, sometimes inexplicable ways. This madness can be saving; it is part and parcel of the ability to adapt. Without it, no species would survive.

Time is an illusion that makes us all pant.

There are animals we haven't stopped by. Don't think they're harmless. Life will defend itself no matter how small it is.