No tribe unites with another of its own free will.

Evolution is unproved and unprovable. We believe it only because the only alternative is special creation, and that is unthinkable.

The discovery of agriculture was the first big step toward a civilized life.

The course of human history is determined, not by what happens in the skies, but what takes place in our hearts.

In every man there is an instinctive and passionate reaction if his person or liberty is attacked.

Civilization, we shall find, like Universalism and Christianity, is anti evolutionary in its effects; it works against the laws and conditions which regulated the earlier stages of man's ascent.

Man is by nature competitive, combative, ambitious, jealous, envious, and vengeful.

Human nature, as manifested in tribalism and nationalism, provides the momentum of the machinery of human evolution.

My personal conviction is that science is concerned wholly with truth, not with ethics.

Reason has not tamed desire: it is as strong as ever.

Nowhere is Universalism welcomed and encouraged by a people; everywhere governments have forced and are forcing Universalism upon unwilling and resistant subjects.

Fiction should be a place of lollipops and escape. Real life is depressing enough--I, for one, don't want to read about make believe misery, too.

If you see that you are a bundle of memories and words, the restless monkey comes to an end.

One day, and it may be long off, but one day there will be bacon again. It might be mouse bacon, but that will do for me.

The foolishness of the cross is the wisdom of God and the wisdom of God is powerful in its impact.

I was spread out dailyand examined for flaws.

I think it's that everyday training that is what's really important.

Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else.

A man who is too afraid to admit his fears is a man who won’t overcome them.

If children are not permitted-not taught-to be adventurers and explorers as children, what will become of the world...?

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.