Some of the greatest, most revolutionary advances in science have been given their initial expression in attractively modest terms, with no fanfare.

The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.

The idea that God is a worthy recipient of our gratitude for the blessings of life but should not be held accountable for the disasters is a transparently disingenuous innovation of the theologians.

Life itself is just a thin coat of paint on the planet, and we hold the paintbrush.

There’s simply no polite way to tell people they’ve dedicated their lives to an illusion.

The chief trick to making good mistakes is not to hide them-especially not from yourself.

What you can imagine depends on what you know.

There are no forces on this planet more dangerous to all of us than the fanaticisms of fundamentalism.

There may be things that are completely unknowable to us, so we must be careful not to treat the limits of our knowledge as sure guides to the limit of what there is.

A child raised on a desert island, alone, without social interaction, without language, and thus lacking empathy, is still a sentient being.

There is no polite way to suggest to someone that they have devoted their life to a folly.

When you get clear on your own boundaries, you will find it easy to decide what you're willing to accept in your career.

To understand Jesus Christ, you must know the Language of Heaven.

Writing songs always trumps whatever else was on the schedule, it really is the most important and can be so fickle, you have to grab it when it's there.

In our own presence, we all pretend to be simpler than we are: thus we take a break from our fellow human beings.

Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world. Risk being seen in all of your glory.

All of those who inhabit the world have a right to be here by virtue of their being here at all. To be here means you have a right to be here.

Do not be deluded by the abstract word Freedom. Whose freedom? Not the freedom of one individual in relation to another, but freedom of Capital to crush the worker.

When a man bores a woman, she complains. When a woman bores a man, he ignores her.

The advantages? Exercise, no parking problems, gas prices, it's fun. An automobile is expensive. You have to find a place to park and it's not fun. So why not ride a bicycle? I recommend it.

Profitability comes from loyalty, productivity, and having a character base from which to work.