Knights do protect ladies, but only to keep them from being abducted by other knights.

It Begins with skepticism. The history of human folly, and our own susceptibility to illusions and fallacies, tell us that men and women are fallible.

Since violence is largely a male pastime, cultures that empower women tend to move away from the glorification of violence and are less likely to breed dangerous subcultures of rootless young men.

The psychological components of war have not gone away—dominance, vengeance, callousness, tribalism, groupthink, self-deception

So holding many factors constant, we find that living in a civilization reduces one’s chances of being a victim of violence fivefold.

A sense of solidarity among fifteen-to-thirty-year-olds would be a menace to civilized society even in the best of times.

The one great universal in the study of violence is that most of it is committed by fifteen-to-thirty-year-old men.

The essence of a culture of honor is that it does not sanction predatory or instrumental violence, but only retaliation after an insult or other mistreatment.

Religious people today, compartmentalize their attitude to the Bible. They pay it lip service as a symbol of morality while getting their actual morality from more modern principles.

Today we recognize that the emotion of disgust evolved as an unconscious defense against biological contamination.

Organisms are selected to deploy violence only in circumstances where the expected benefits outweigh the expected costs.

Life is a question asked by God about the way he exists.

After you're older, two things are possibly more important than any others: health and money.

I've learned very, very, very clearly that money does not equal happiness or security, either.

It's wrong to criticize leaders of the Church, even if the criticism is true.

What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in.

I'm a big believer that media is an impulse business.

I have great confidence in Rick Caruso's unique qualifications and his ability to lead a successful bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

A creative person has to believe in the unseen and the untouched.

The Inspiration You Seek Is Already Within You. Be Silent And Listen.

One thing that these Buddhists have certainly gotten right is that attention to attention is the key to taking control of your mental life.