If one were to take the bible seriously one would go mad. But to take the bible seriously, one must be already mad.
five severed fingers do not make a hand
We need schools to force kids to learn things they have no use for.
May the forests be with you and with your children.
The world is not in any sense in danger from itself. The world is in fact not in any danger at all. It is we who are in danger.
All paths lie together in the hand of god like a web endlessly woven, and yours and mine are no greater or less than the beetle's or the squirrel's or the sparrow's. All are held together.
This law … defines the limits of competition in the community of life. You may compete to the full extent of your capabilities, but you may not hunt down your competitors or destroy their food or deny them access to food. In other words, you may compete but you may not wage war.
Debating, doubting, or rejecting the basic scientific facts about climate change in the face of the overwhelming evidence and overwhelming scientific opinion will not change those facts.
I cant pretend to be objective when it comes to service or sacrifice.
Everyone accepts the abstraction of Bach. My work aspires to the same kind of abstraction, which is so engaging that you're distracted from asking about what it means. So many paintings have hidden meanings or need wall texts, but my work is not in that category. Once it's in the viewer's eyes my job will be judged on whether or not it is engaging and pulls you in to a kind of intelligence or poetic something going on there that makes it sustainable to look at.
O love's a simple word to sayWith nature aiding and abetting