I speak with dogs frequently. They don't really talk, but I feel they're communicating.

Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't.

We are just a speck, on a speck, orbiting a speck, in the corner of a speck, in the middle of nowhere.

To leave the world better than you found it, sometimes you have to pick up other people's trash.

Science is the best idea humans have ever had. The more people who embrace that idea, the better.

You and I are made of stardust. We are the stuff of exploded stars. We are therefore, at least 1 way that the Universe knows itself. That, to me, is astonishing.

There's nothing I believe in more strongly than getting young people interested in science and engineering, for a better tomorrow, for all humankind.

The natural world is a package deal; you don't get to select which facts you like and which you don't.

The more you find out about the world, the more opportunities there are to laugh at it.

Science is the best thing humans beings have ever come up with. And if it isn't, science will fix it.

The Earth is not 6,000 or 10,000 years old. It's not. And if that conflicts with your beliefs, I strongly feel you should question your beliefs.

The concern of your brain is not to see the actual nature of reality, but to represent the reality to you in such a way that suits your needs.

Counsel involving right and wrong should never be sought from a man who does not say his prayers.

This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the second chance were offered me.

It's difficult to stop trying with the one you love. You always hope that this next time might work, might change everything for the better.

One who explores and knows all aspects of his life, is called self-realized.

To be spiritual means to be an emperor within yourself. This is the only way to be.

A lover's a liar, To himself he lies, The truthful are loveless, Like oysters their eyes!

There's no such thing as good weather, or bad weather. There's just weather and your attitude towards it.

The fall from your dream into reality is especially hard when you've seen that you can fly.

Lynn smacks Uriah hard in the back of the head, Christina says, “Hey Tris!” and Uriah cries, “Ow! How on earth do you make a pillow hurt, Lynn?” “My exceptional strength,” she says.