Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.
when I become death. Death is the seed from which I grow.
The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us the less taste we shall have for the destruction of our race. Wonder and humility are wholesome emotions, and they do not exist side by side with a lust for destruction. {Speech accepting the John Burroughs Medal}
