Athens is like a sluggish horse, and I am the gadfly trying to sting it into life.

A state that does not educate and train women is like a man who only trains his right arm.

A hydrogen atom in a cell at the end of my nose was once part of an elephant's trunk. A carbon atom in my cardiac muscle was once in the tail of a dinosaur.

How terribly sad it was that people are made in such a way that they get used to something as extraordinary as living.

The most subversive people are those who ask questions.

An answer is always on the stretch of road that is behind you. Only a question can point the way forward.

The question of whether a thing is right or wrong, good or bad, must always be considered in relation to a persons needs.

Wasn’t it extraordinary to be in the world right now, wandering around in a wonderful adventure!

Since the Renaissance, people have had to get used to living their life on a random planet in the vast galaxy.

We are thrown together with a sprinkling of stardust.

When we look up at the sky, we are trying to find the way to ourselves.

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.

The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms.

You changed the rules of the universe when you fell in love with the enemy.

It is much easier to pull down a government, in such a conjuncture of affairs as we have seen, than to build up, at such a season as the present.

God loves us too much to pretend our sin isn't there. Sin is a cancer and Christ the surgeon. True prayer signs the consent form.

Our sexual energy, when not properly mastered, is transformed into anger.

You've got to figure out what it is you love - who you really are - and have the courage to do that.

It takes a thoroughly good woman to do a thoroughly stupid thing

No doubt there is a Scandinavian wave. I guess everybody is just surfing their wave until it breaks and hoping it won't be too soon.

They say it's the white man I should fear, But it's my own kind doin' all the killin' here.