Consciousness is a fascinating but elusive phenomenon: it is impossible to specify what it is, what it does, or why it evolved. Nothing worth reading has been written on it.

The willingness to change one’s mind in the light of new evidence is a sign of rationality not weakness.

To establish that a rule is likely to be true, one must try to prove it false.

...is impossible to specify what [consciousness] is, what it does, or why it evolved. Nothing worth reading has been written on it.

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.

On the stairs he was crying so much he hardly saw where he was going - not a mad boo-hoo but wailing sheets of tears, shaken into funny groans by the bump of each step as he hurried down.

If we walk steadily and faithfully...God will lift us up to greater things.

You're being parental', I said. 'Go find that squid'.

There are many who would take my time. I shun them.

Preserve, within a wild sanctuary, an inaccessible valley of reverie.

The world goes on, stupid and brutal, but I do not. Can't you see? I do not.

Spirit is like a mirror where you see yourself clearly and you start changing yourself.

I'm a filmmaker, not a scientist.

In France, a first lady has no status, and therefore she isn't supposed to do anything else.