People are lonely. The network is seductive. But if we are always on, we may deny ourselves the rewards of solitude.

Technology doesn't just do things for us. It does things to us, changing not just what we do but who we are.

We expect more from technology and less from each other. We create technology to provide the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship.

What is so seductive about texting, about keeping that phone on, about that little red light on the BlackBerry, is you want to know who wants you.

The feeling that 'no one is listening to me' make us want to spend time with machines that seem to care about us.

What technology makes easy is not always what nurtures the human spirit.

Human relationships are rich and they're messy and they're demanding. And we clean them up with technology. We sacrifice conversation for mere connection.

Everyone is always having their attention divided between the world of the people [they're] with and this other reality.

Computers are not good or bad; they are powerful.

Not every advance is progress. Not every new thing is better for us humanly.

We expect more from technology and less from each other.

Understanding spirituality means that every day anger, pride, deceit and greed continue to decrease, will not increase.

Our knowledge has limitations even though we have infinite imaginations.

You know what hurts the most? It's when someone made you feel special yesterday and behaves as if you don't exist today.

...what happens tomorrow is the future but what happened yesterday is already part of on-going history...

A preserved childhood is better than a repaired adulthood

I have a hard time with morals. All I know is what feels right, what's more important to me is being honest about who you are. Morals I get a little hung up on.

America has this understanding of Africans that plays like National Geographic: a bunch of Negroes with loincloths running around the plain fields of Africa chasing gazelles.

How do we attack important problems? Pose the right question.

Telling a writer to relax is like telling a man to relax while being prodded for a possible hernia.

Children are wonderful, and they add to my whole life.