Telling the truth to yourself is Integrity

We do not like the idea that any other creature can be better than we are. It is highly probable that if we ever have to face a superior race, we will die of it.

Godliness is the foundation of blessing.

The bottom line is that the human body is complex and subtle, and oversimplifying - as common sense sometimes impels us to do - can be hazardous to your health.

I've written for every medium except poetry, at which I suck.

It is the love of ordinary people, in Burma, in Japan or anywhere else in the world, for justice and peace and freedom that is our surest defense against the forces of unreason and extremism.

There's a link between bigotry and bad spelling.

I just really like ants, and I really like science. I was interested and curious about the quantum world and the physics behind how it all works.

[On Thomas Babington Macaulay:] He was a most disagreeable companion to my fancy ... His conversation was a procession of one.

It's always harder satirize what you like rather than what you dislike.

The true value of a leader is not measured by the work they do. A leader's true value is measured by the work they inspire others to do.