Humans are in love with the idea of our persisting, ' he said. 'We fetishize it, really. Our retirement funds, our genealogies. Our so-called ideas for the ages.

...whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. And peace will be with you.

Science doesn't tell us what we should do. It only tells us what is.

For scientists, reality is not optional.

I never learn anything from listening to myself.

In Bobby Ogle's version of heaven everyone would wind up in one place, criminals and Muslims included.

...animals behaved with purpose, it seemed. Unlike people.

Some of life's greatest calls were answered not by the head but by the body.

Well, yeah, " Dovey said. "That's America. We watch shows about rich people's houses and their designer dresses and we drool. It's patriotic.

It's a selfish habit. I never learn anything from listening to myself.

I thought everything in the world was already discovered. Already in my books. A lot of dead stuff that put me to sleep. That was the day I understood the world is still living.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right.

And it's funny how when somebody saves you, the first thing you want to do is save other people.

Some people might say that I think too highly of you just because I worship the water you walk on.

We have no limits to our world. We're only limited by our imagination.

Be strict with yourself but least reproachful of others and complaint is kept afar.

I have always felt a gift diamond shines so much better than one you buy for yourself.

Science conducts us, step by step, through the whole range of creation, until we arrive, at length, at God.

You know, up until later on today, I never really knew how to drink.

I choose kindness... I will be kind to the poor, for they are alone. Kind to the rich, for they are afraid. And kind to the unkind, for such is how God has treated me

The violent have been victorious for most of history because they kindled the fear with which everyone is born.