Life is full of what-ifs, many of which could easily have been realities, had just a few things been different.

Atheists have to live with the knowledge that there is no salvation, no redemption, no second chances. Lives can go terribly wrong in ways that can never be put right.

Waiting is so unusual that many of us can't stand in a queue for 30 seconds without getting out our phones to check for messages or to Google something.

The greatest moral failing is to condemn something as a moral failing: no vice is worse than being judgmental.

I don't think anyone who genuinely embraced sincerity, charity and modesty could be intolerant or divisive.

You don't choose what you believe moment to moment, but choices you have made do shape what you come to believe.

Economics is uncertain because its fundamental subject matter is not money but human action. That's why economics is not the dismal science, it's no science at all.

Being able and willing to complain is what makes us rational and moral animals, capable of seeing and articulating the difference between how things are and how they should be.

Love is indeed at root the product of the firings of neurons and release of hormones.

It may not have the virtuous ring of the golden rule, but the maxim "never say never" is one of the most important in ethics.

Dover's cliffs call to mind the Roman invasion; the Battle of Britain; our proximity to, yet difference from, mainland Europe; and international trade and exploration, both fair and exploitative.

It's not about how smart you are--it's about capturing minds.

Never forget to put the beneficiaries on top of your organogram!

Everything happens for a reason. I'm used to it, I prepare for it. Like I say, at the end of the day, those in charge of their own destiny are going to do what's right for them and their family.

To have her meals, and her daily walk, and her fill of novels, and to be left alone, was all that she asked of the gods.

A society that fears knowledge is a society that fears itself.

In the same way, there is some creature gnawing away inside of me, urging me to do things in different ways.

Many are saved from sin by being so inept at it.

Can you tell the difference between them?

There is always room at the top - after the investigation.

Permaculture gives us a toolkit for moving from a culture of fear and scarcity to one of love and abundance