When You Imagine Mistakes, There Can Be

I Hear The Wind Blowing Across The Desert And I See The Moons Of A Winter Night Rising Like Great Ships In The Void. To Them I Make My Vow: I Will Be Resolute And Make An Art Of Government; I Will Balance My Inherited Past And Become A Perfect Storehouse Of My Relic Memories. And I Will Be Known For Kindliness More Than For Knowledge. My Face Will Shine Down The Corridors Of Time For As Long As Humans Exist.

Beyond A Critical Point Within A Finite Space, Freedom Diminishes As Numbers Increase. This Is As True Of Humans As It Is Of Gas Molecules In A Sealed Flask. The Human Question Is Not How Many Can Possibly Survive Within The System, But What Kind Of Existence Is Possible For Those Who So Survive.

What Does A Mirror Look At?

If You Believe Certain Words, You Believe Their Hidden Arguments. When You Believe Something Is Right Or Wrong, True Or False, You Believe The Assumptions In The Words Which Express The Arguments. Such Assumptions Are Often Full Of Holes, But Remain Most Precious To The Convinced.

The Thing The Ecologically Illiterate Don't Realize About An Ecosystem Is That It's A System. A System! A System Maintains A Certain Fluid Stability That Can Be Destroyed By A Misstep In Just One Niche.