Human relationships are rich and they're messy and they're demanding. And we clean them up with technology. We sacrifice conversation for mere connection.

Technology doesn't just do things for us. It does things to us, changing not just what we do but who we are.

We expect more from technology and less from each other. We create technology to provide the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship.

What is so seductive about texting, about keeping that phone on, about that little red light on the BlackBerry, is you want to know who wants you.

The feeling that 'no one is listening to me' make us want to spend time with machines that seem to care about us.

People are lonely. The network is seductive. But if we are always on, we may deny ourselves the rewards of solitude.

What technology makes easy is not always what nurtures the human spirit.

Everyone is always having their attention divided between the world of the people [they're] with and this other reality.

Computers are not good or bad; they are powerful.

Not every advance is progress. Not every new thing is better for us humanly.

We expect more from technology and less from each other.

You can’t accept correction when you are not humble to listen.

Politics is not about big money or power games

Joseph lost his son and Christ. (Joseph a perdu - Son fils et Jésus.)

Environmental quality was drastically improved while economic activity grew by the simple expedient of removing lead from gasoline - which prevented it from entering the environment.

The effect of every burden laid down is to leave us relieved; and when the soul has laid down that of its faults at the feet of God, it feels as though it had wings.

I bite my fingernails. That's probably not a good thing.

Being with him made my brain quiet. I didn't have to invent a thing.

The first condition a community should set, if it aspires to be a nation, is to own the land whereon it lives, and supply its own needs.

You,” I said, “are sweet music in a distant room.

You cannot have faith in people unless you take action to improve and develop them.