Civilization is to groups what intelligence is to individuals. It is a means of combining the intelligence of many to achieve ongoing group adaptation.

I was raised Baptist, and I like the fact that I got my conscience installed early.

All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you. The only lasting truth is Change. God is Change.

In order to rise From its own ashes A phoenix First Must Burn.

To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool.

Drowning people Sometimes die Fighting their rescuers.

Kindness eases change Love quiets fear

When your rage is choking you, it is best to say nothing.

We're all capable of climbing so much higher than we usually permit ourselves to suppose.

There is no end To what a living world Will demand of you.

Be who you are and not who someone else thinks you ought to be.

She has this curious heavy grace, like something out of its element making do in a heavier medium. Like she should be living in water.

There are so many ways to think about almost everything. And none of them is nearly as round as reality.

Down on my knees again. Worship isn’t enough.”Peter leaned forward and rubbed his forehead against Charlie’s. “I’m going to like this, ” he murmured. “Daily services. Hourly services.

I determine my own worth. If I had to rely on others, I'd have lain down and died waiting.

Love your Neighbour; yet don't pull down your Hedge.

No matter how substandard you feel your skill or talent may be, If you never produce your art, the world will always remain deprived of it.

There aren't just bad people that commit genocide; we are all capable of it. It's our evolutionary history.

One of the most radical things that you can do is really listen to someone.

The solution to sin is not to impose an ever-stricter code of behavior. It is to know God.

We sat together as a family for dinner at night. And my mother had a job. My dad had a job. But there was always a meal on the table at 6:00, you know.