Respect is the lifeblood of progress, and the safe harbour of humanity's great aspirations

A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.

People use words to do battle and to hurt one another terribly, tragically and even mortally.

When we want to talk, we can instead listen, and let our attentiveness to another's need to speak be our silent statement.

Respectful communication under conflict or opposition is an essential and truly awe-inspiring ability.

We must quit thinking we know everything, and quit placing "knowledge" over kindness and compassion.

The dreamer's untamed eye sees beyond the illusions to the heart of what is real.

There is no greater intelligence than kindness and empathy.

Love only serves and does not calculate.

If you do not like a certain behavior in others, look within yourself to find the roots of what discomforts you.

Materialism is an identity crisis.

Everyone is overcoming something, be gentle.

To be in hell is to drift

A human teenager. One of God’s most misbegotten creatures – big like grown-ups and yet dumb like children.

I don't exercise - that's something I struggle with.

Good workemen are seldome rich.

When there's nothing to do, you do nothing slowly and intently.

What would you pack for Armageddon? Sunscreen and shades? Flame-proof underwear? Maybe a travel guide to the Underworld?

We have a freer world because of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the changes in China. Those two have been the main contributors to freedom in our time.

There are two kinds of truth; The truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The fist of these is science and the second is art.

I say embrace the total geek in yourself and just enjoy it. Life is too short to be cool.