The anthropic principle is an unfortunate name as it implies something about humanity.

It will be in the convergence of evolutionary biology, developmental biology and cancer biology that the answer to cancer will lie. Nor will this confluence be a one-way street.

The thing about lucid dreams is that it's not like the real world where you are constrained by all sorts of things, including the laws of physics - you can do magic.

It may seem bizarre, but in my opinion science offers a surer path to God than religion.

The laws of physics ... seem to be the product of exceedingly ingenious design... The universe must have a purpose.

In science, a healthy skepticism is a professional necessity, whereas in religion, having belief without evidence is regarded as a virtue.

To a physicist life looks nothing short of a miracle. It's just amazing what living things can do.

If we knew we were not alone in the universe it would have a very, very deep impact on our worldview, on our understanding of our place in the universe.

Science is about explaining the world, and religion is about interpreting it. There shouldn't be any conflict.

The Goldilocks Enigma is the idea that everything in the universe is just right for life, like the porridge in the fairy tale.

Technology is, in the broadest sense, mind or intelligence or purpose blending with nature.

Love of the soul is happiness to the spirit.

The Cross is not responsible for God's love; rather it was His love that conceived the Cross.

I think we're all sort of imprisoned by - or at least bound to - the choices we make... You want to say no at the right time and you want to say yes more sparingly.

Nobody's perfect... Well, there was this one guy, but we killed him.

When your language is nowhere near Turing-complete, syntactic sugar can be your friend.

A tall, thin old man waving a scorecard from the corner of his dugout. That's baseball.

I look for myself but find no one. I belong to the chrysanthemum hour of bright flowers placed in tall vases. I should make an ornament of my soul.

The reason "other churches" don't grow: "Jim, the truth is, I couldn't have a real prayer meeting in my church. I'd be embarrassed at the smallness of the crowd..."

He who has a mind to do mischief will always find a pretense.

What else is soul but a listener?