Civilizations Die From Philosophical Calm, Irony, And

Long Before I Ever Saw The Desert I Was Aware Of The Mystical Overtones Which The Observation Of Nature Made Audible To Me. But I Have Never Been More Frequently Or More Vividly Aware Of Them Than In Connection With The Desert Phenomena.

Science Has Always Promised Two Things Not Necessarily Related; An Increase First In Our Powers, Second In Our Happiness Or Wisdom, And We Have Come To Realize That It Is The First And Less Important Of The Two Promises Which It Has Kept Most Abundantly.

Custom Has Furnished The Only Basis Which Ethics Have Ever Had.

If We Do Not Permit The Earth To Produce Beauty And Joy, It Will In The End Not Produce Food, Either.

When, In The Present World, Men Behave Well, That Is No Doubt Sometimes Because They Are Creatures Of Habit As Well As, Sometimes, Because They Are Reasonable.