[Bacteria are the] dark matter of the biological world [with 4 million mostly unknown species in a ton of soil].

We're as ephemeral as raindrops. We all fall, and we all land somewhere.

If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.

A whole new generation of Christians has come up believing that it is possible to 'accept' Christ without forsaking the world.

Worshipers never leave church...we carry our sanctuary with us wherever we go.

Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.

Faith is not a conclusion you reach...it's a journey you live.

Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down.

Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.

You teach me, I forget. You show me, I remember. You involve me, I understand.

Look closely at nature. Every species is a masterpiece, exquisitely adapted to the particular environment in which it has survived. Who are we to destroy or even diminish biodiversity?

Peace is not about who you can live with, but who you can't live without.

The only sacred home, you can live lies in your pure heart.

Keeping hatred against someone is like helping him to torture you

Ask who wants to live to be a hundred, and the answer is the person who is ninety-nine.

I'm happy just because I found out I am really no one

If surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal.

Don't take yourself too seriously. Know when to laugh at yourself, and find a way to laugh at obstacles that inevitably present themselves.

Obviously, it's some kind of freely commanded modality in the psyche with which we can have a relationship if we will but evolve a control language and a dialogue. And it remains mysterious.

A good friend will help you move. But best friend will help you move a dead body.