If all the suns but ours collapsed tonight, how many lifetimes would it take us to realize that we were alone?

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.

I don't want to believe. I want to know.

The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.

The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.

For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.

You have to know the past to understand the present.

The dreamtime of creative work is a turnstile to eternity. (from Workbok)

There is no greater intelligence than kindness and empathy.

It's happiness to see you.

There are several good protections against temptation but the surest is cowardice.

Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.

Rain, rain, and sun! A rainbow in the sky!

I don't see the point of pretending we're clones.

paranoia is just a heightened sense of awareness

Those that pulled my credential were actually doing me a favor. I was given a pass to leave an event that already had me feeling uneasy and uncomfortable in my career choice.

Everything that rises must converge.