The proper balance between individual liberty and central authority is a very ancient problem.

Evolution is unproved and unprovable. We believe it only because the only alternative is special creation, and that is unthinkable.

The discovery of agriculture was the first big step toward a civilized life.

The course of human history is determined, not by what happens in the skies, but what takes place in our hearts.

In every man there is an instinctive and passionate reaction if his person or liberty is attacked.

Civilization, we shall find, like Universalism and Christianity, is anti evolutionary in its effects; it works against the laws and conditions which regulated the earlier stages of man's ascent.

Man is by nature competitive, combative, ambitious, jealous, envious, and vengeful.

Human nature, as manifested in tribalism and nationalism, provides the momentum of the machinery of human evolution.

My personal conviction is that science is concerned wholly with truth, not with ethics.

Reason has not tamed desire: it is as strong as ever.

Nowhere is Universalism welcomed and encouraged by a people; everywhere governments have forced and are forcing Universalism upon unwilling and resistant subjects.

No amount of guilt can change the past and no amount of worrying can change the future

Fortunate is he who does not carry envy as a companion.

I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when I talk with my gardener, I'm convinced of the opposite.

If one is estranged from oneself, then one is estranged from others too. If one is out of touch with oneself, then one cannot touch others.

Unlike solidarity, which is horizontal and takes place between equals, charity is top-down, humiliating those who receive it and never challenging the implicit power relations.

The musical has always been in jeopardy - until - or was in jeopardy until it was realised that it is probably the safest living theatre art form.

When I was in my early teens, I remember coming to the conclusion that your life never ends.

If you are a real perfectionist, you can't finish any job! We, the mortals, we don't have enough time to be perfectionist! Perfectionism is the art of immortals!

Obviously its a good feeling to know that something you've done has lasted.

Who doesn't love a 'Lifetime' movie? I think that they know their audience so well.