I may not believe in life after death, but what a gift it is to be alive now.

Scientists have discovered that the small, brave act of cooperating with another person, of choosing trust over cynicism, generosity over selfishness, makes the brain light up with quiet joy.

The beauty of the natural world lies in the details.

We are made of stardust; why not take a few moments to look up at the family album?

The surest and most insidious enemy of freedom is not dictatorship, but complacency.

I'm an Atheist. I don't believe in God, Gods, Godlets or any sort of higher power beyond the universe itself, which seems quite high and powerful enough to me.

Surveys show that surveys never lie.

Eternal love is a myth, but we make our myths, and we love them to death.

scientists ... resist ... making more of the data than the data make of themselves.

Who needs a handgun when you've got a semiautomatic?

Perhaps eggs are like neurons, which also are not replenished in adulthood: they know too much. Eggs must plan the party. Sperm need only to show up- wearing top hat and tails, of course.

Beauty is truth, truth beauty

A deaf and dumb in the mist of morons is a renowed talkative among brains.

He endured all that hell is on the cross, so that you would never know what hell is like.

You are totally at the mercy of nature in this country, mate. It's just a fact of life.

I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me.

the possession of power brings on madness.

His voice was low, charged with unspeakable adjectives.

Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.

I believe that the capacity that any organization needs is for leadership to appear anywhere it is needed, when it is needed.

Fortune is either with you or it's not.