Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.

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 Destructive Arts are exactly like Martial Arts, except they don't have uniforms or usefulness and the end result doesn't resemble art in any way.

No one can fulfill the calling to extend the reign of love alone

Love hurts. There is nothing as painful as heartbreak. But in order to learn to love again, you must learn to trust again.

In a society... so madly in love with oxymoron's... ask yourself this... ...when was the last time you ever bought anything for free?

The soul can split the sky in two and let the face of God shine through.

Learn a language of another country and then you can go to that country: a place where the problems of your family will not follow. A language they do not speak.

I attended Sunday School and then church with my father and mother throughout my childhood.

I think the very concept of an elite commission deciding for the American people who deserves to be heard is profoundly wrong.

People are not saints just because they haven't got much money or education.

Our ancient laws expressly declare that those who are but delegates themselves shall not delegate to others powers which require judgment and integrity in their exercise.