There is no better high than discovery.

You teach me, I forget. You show me, I remember. You involve me, I understand.

People would rather believe than know.

I will argue that every scrap of biological diversity is priceless, to be learned and cherished, and never to be surrendered without a struggle.

Very often ambition and entrepreneurial drive, in combination, beat brilliance.

They travel long distances to stroll along the seashore, for reasons they can't put into words.

Human beings were made for music. Its thrill and rapture are picked up almost immediately by little children

The best way to live in this real world is to free ourselves of demons and tribal gods.

[Scientific humanism is] the only worldview compatible with science's growing knowledge of the real world and the laws of nature.

Social intelligence was therefore always at a high premium. A sharp sense of empathy can make a huge difference, and with it in an ability to manipulate, to gain cooperation, and to deceive.

[E]very major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals.

I Take Life Very Seriously: One Joke At A Time.

Be unconventional when you face a battle. Change the rules of engagement to your benefit.

By unnerving definition, anything that the heart has chosen for its own mysterious reasons it can always unchoose later—again, for its own mysterious reasons.

Groom yourself and your life like a shrub. Trim off the edges and you'll be stronger in the broken places. Embrace the new growth and blossom at the tips.

Do not be disappointed if no one appreciates your true feelings, because they do not deserve them.

Today’s youngsters will unfortunately never know the thrills we experienced dubbing movies in the era of Rashomon.

Perfectionism is boring and doesn't exist-to strive for it makes you uninteresting.

Luck? Luck is hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.

I've been a social gospel-er and a person who sees politics as a central dynamic to the encoding of religious rhetoric.

We often speak of "deep ecology," but this is also Deep Eco-Psychology: how the environment can remind us of, and help mend, mental and psychic wounds.