God's existence needs to be established independently before he can be brought into account for causation; it cannot be assumed at the start.

... no man or woman should depend upon another for maintenance and necessaries. Family discord and social degradation will never end till each depends upon herself.

I regard irreligious people as pioneers. If there had been no priesthood the world would have advanced ten thousand times better than it has now.

God is a philosophical black hole-the point where reason breaks down.

After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin; they just can't face each other, but still they stay together.

The angel within me thrives on the devil within me.

The final discovery is the discovery of knowledge.

The world is truly beautiful solely in the eyes of a true philosopher.

If knowledge is my God, doubt would be my religion.

It is human to search for the theory of everything and it is superhuman to find it.

Certainty is the most vivid condition of ignorance and the most necessay condition for knowledge.

Like most people in radio - and in magic - I'm not cool. I know people who are hip, and I can feel distance between them and me.

You can't get around pain and opposition, but you can try to be joyful in the trial, and thank yourself for the trial, and thank God for the strength to get through it.

Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem or saying a prayer.

I was a vegetarian first. I had high blood pressure at 27, everybody in my family died of cancer, and I knew it was in the food, so I changed my diet.

Like bees creating a beehive or ants creating an anthill we're all moving along creating something and we're not sure what it is.

And there should not be a limit on the creation of new public schools. We ought to expand choices for parents.

Brandon Rush is not just one of the best freshmen in the league, he's one of the best players.

I find that the most interestingly written parts happen to be the bad guys.

IF you don't change, you can become extinct!

One of the pleasantest things in the world is going on a journey; but I like to go by myself.