A society that decides its controversial issues by ballots does better than one that uses bullets – which, after all, is no more likely to lead to the right conclusion than voting.

To give preference to the life of a being simply because that being is a member of our species would put us in the same position as racists who give preference to those who are members of their race.

It is easy for us to criticize the prejudices of our grandfathers, from which our fathers freed themselves. It is more difficult to search for prejudices among the beliefs and values we hold.

We have examined a number of ethical issues. We have seen that many accepted practices are open to serious objections. What ought we to do about it? This, too, is an ethical issue.

Their reliance on biblical quotations does not augur well for their for their openness to moral reasoning....

If our life has no meaning other than our own happiness, we are likely to find that when we have obtained what we think we need to be happy, happiness itself still eludes us.

Men are good when they get lost in the beauty of love.

But stay away from him, Juliana. When we said we wanted to make you a good match, Leighton was not who we imag

Speak success into existence.

Endurance is critical if you want to succeed spectacularly at anything God sets before you.

Trees are what paper was, and wants to be.

Here I find the true nature of the tree - not in the bulk of its shape but in the way its form alters my vision of the world.

I guess the line between being paranoid and being a rock star is smaller than one would expect.

And in fact, I think one of the best guides to telling you who you are, and I think children use it all the time for this purpose, is fantasy.

Once you face your fear, nothing is ever as hard as you think.

Metafiction says something. It has to do with taking a large fiction itself and writing within it; that kind of self-reflecting writing that emerges from it can be thought of as metafictional.