"Within this culture wealth is measured by one's ability to consume and destroy."

"For us to maintain our way of living, we must tell lies to each other and especially to ourselves. The lies are necessary because, without them, many deplorable acts would become impossibilities."

"Like the layers of an onion, under the first lie is another, and under that another, and they all make you "cry"."

"We cannot hope to create a sustainable culture with any but sustainable souls."

"A primary purpose of the police is to enforce the delusions of those with lots of green paper."

"Writing is really very easy. Tap a vein and bleed onto the page. Everything else is just technical."

"We must learn how to think like the planet."

"Civilization is based on a clearly defined and widely accepted yet often unarticulated hierarchy. Violence done by those higher on the hierarchy to those lower is nearly always invisible, that is, unnoticed. When it is noticed, it is fully rationalized. Violence done by those lower on the hierarchy to those higher is unthinkable, and when it does occur is regarded with shock, horror, and the fetishization of the victims."

"We have a need for enchantment that is as deep and devoted as our need for food and water."