Atheism, a term which will, I'm sure, eventually become as unnecessary as round-earthism.

The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.

The idea that God is a worthy recipient of our gratitude for the blessings of life but should not be held accountable for the disasters is a transparently disingenuous innovation of the theologians.

Life itself is just a thin coat of paint on the planet, and we hold the paintbrush.

There’s simply no polite way to tell people they’ve dedicated their lives to an illusion.

The chief trick to making good mistakes is not to hide them-especially not from yourself.

What you can imagine depends on what you know.

There are no forces on this planet more dangerous to all of us than the fanaticisms of fundamentalism.

There may be things that are completely unknowable to us, so we must be careful not to treat the limits of our knowledge as sure guides to the limit of what there is.

A child raised on a desert island, alone, without social interaction, without language, and thus lacking empathy, is still a sentient being.

There is no polite way to suggest to someone that they have devoted their life to a folly.

I miss you so much. Maybe if I say your name over and over again, it will eventually feel wrong to me. Like a word you write too many times suddenly doesn't look right anymore. I will try that.

The fact is that I hate this city. I've hated it so long I can hardly remember feeling any other way about it.

but you do not think much about the stars. They are always there. Look at them when you have a moment.

Writing is like painting a painting. Layer over layer over layer.

Appreciation can make a day - even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary. -- Margaret Cousins

The more you look, the less you see.

No one's a virgin, life screws us all!

The President of today is just the postage stamp of tomorrow.

When the bird of the heart begins to sing, too often will reason stop up her ears.

I experience God as the power of life, the power of love and the ground of being. I don't say that's what God is; I say that's my experience of God.