The discrepancy between what was expected and what has been observed has grown over the years, and we're straining harder and harder to fill the gap.

Biology has tended to be an observational science and deriving things from first principles has not been possible in the past but I hate to predict the future on that.

There are reasons, increasing in number and quality, to believe that the masses of ordinary galaxies may have been underestimated by a factor of 10 or more.

There's no observational evidence that I know of that indicates electric and magnetic forces are important on cosmological scales.

A man has a hard time feeling fulfilled when he lives a life that does not serve a purpose that is more than himself.

The true understanding of life and its purposes comes from an understanding of consciousness.

Guilt, fear, sin, doubt. Guilt, fear, sin, doubt. Guilt, fear, sin, doubt. That’s what religion is all about.

Prayer time must be kept up as duly as meal-time.

The writing day can be, in some ways, too short, but it's actually a long series of hours, for months at a time, and there is a stillness there.

Trying to be happy by accumulating possessions is like trying to satisfy hunger by taping sandwiches all over your body

I think my friend Tom Hanks knows me. He understands me very well. He’s always had a sort of parental feeling toward me. He knows I’m a big mush ball, which is just part of my personality.

The information bomb gives rise to the integral and globally constituted accident.

The talent is in the choices.

Geek it's really more a characteristic where you don't socialize. You don't talk the normal languages.