The existence of conscious minds and their access to the evident truth of ethics and methematics are among the data that a theory of the world and our place in it has yet to explain.

Both theism and evolutionary naturalism are attempts to understand ourselves from the outside

I do not find theism any more credible than materialism as a comprehensive world view. My interest is in the territory between them.

Don't put off till tomorrow what can be enjoyed today.

If you woke up this morning in good health, then you have a great reason to be very grateful and thankful. Life is always better when you celebrate every moment of it with the spirit of gratitude.

If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.

Parents spend a lot of time talking over kids. My son went through a vocabulary burst as I was writing The Bear. I thought, What if I just stopped and listened?

One way Great Teams can connect their team members together is through the glue of mentoring.

Is it not a strange blindness on our part to teach publicly the techniques of warfare and to reward with medals those who prove to be the most adroit killers?

I get freaked out by pills. Everyone I know is always like, "I'm just going to take a Valium or an Ambien on the plane." But I can't do any of that stuff - it scares me.

No picture, no footage, no story. The people these days require some visual evidence in order to believe what they read.

I'm not claiming anything like sainthood - merely a native perception.

If one person starts crying, I'll cry. If one person has no money, I'll give them mine. If I had a bicycle growing up, I always felt incredibly guilty when I see someone sitting at the bus stop.