Woman absent is woman dead.

Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world.

A man's mother is his misfortune, but his wife is his fault.

A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.

Plate tectonics is not all havoc and destruction. The slow movement of continents and ocean floors recycles carbon dioxide dissolved in the oceans back into the atmosphere. Without this slow speed carbon cycle, Earth's temperatures would cool dozens of degrees below your comfort zone.

The global climate is a complex interactive system, with all kinds of nonlinear feedback loops.

I greatly enjoyed the Hawaiian Islands. They are a real little paradise in spite of the influx of Americans who have made it one of their most pleasant 'centers of resort': the soft climate and luxuriance of the tropics; the greenness, the fragrance, the flowers - extraordinary flowers covering the tallest trees and turning them into huge bouquets.

All my projects are about sustainability, bioremediation, making things in a cleaner fashion.