Only the force of American arms, or the extremely credible threat of that force, can bring a fresh face to power.

If religious instruction were not allowed until the child had attained the age of reason, we would be living in a quite different world.

Islamophobia: a word created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons.

Religion is poison because it asks us to give up our most precious faculty, which is that of reason, and to believe things without evidence. It then asks us to respect this, which it calls faith.

Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence.

Human beings are pattern-seeking animals who will prefer even a bad theory or a conspiracy theory to no theory at all.

I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.

High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.

What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

Why do humans exist? A major part of the answer: because Pikaia Gracilens survived the Burgess decimation.

The only real radicalism in our time will come as it always has—from people who insist on thinking for themselves and who reject party-mindedness.

Even if it's a life in shackles, if you have somebody who accepts you for what you really are, how reassuring would that be?

Every disability conceals a vocation, if only we can find it, which will 'turn the necessity to glorious gain.

Terrorism should be seen in the light of the country's security and not from the narrow perspective of caste, creed and religion.

Ideas reflect the moment, and so you have to use them. If you store ideas, they wither.

Pay attention to the timeless core of your being.

Yeah, apparently chasing a bus uses different muscles than sitting and eating.

Photography is about being exquisitely present.

Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.

When griefs are genuine, I find, there is nothing more vacuous, more burdensome, or even more impertinent, than letters of consolation.

I don't want to lie, play games, hurt somebody, or get hurt. You can only go forward in one direction.