For all our failings, despite our limitations and fallibilities, we humans are capable of greatness.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.

I don't want to believe. I want to know.

The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.

The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.

For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.

You have to know the past to understand the present.

We’re gonna make up for that. We’re gonna live a long time together.

On the prairie one can see the colour of the air.

Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church

The Barcelona youth program is one of the best in the world. As a kid, they teach you not to play to win, but to grow in ability as a player.

I'd love to work more with the American Indians, my people.

The divers were the bravest of us. They gave their lives for the independence of our country and the success of our revolution.

I'm not fond of ideologies. I don't like it when people have answers before they know the question.

I think everyone keeps on growing. I've grown about 0.0000001 mm?

I wish I could just relax sometimes and make some money, but I always feel like I have to prove some kind of big, profound point.

Heart be brave. If you cannot be brave, just go. Love's glory is not a small thing.