There is no pre-established harmony between the furtherance of truth and the well-being of mankind.

The believer in magic and miracles reflects on how to impose a law on nature--: and, in brief, the religious cult is the outcome of this reflection.

Yet tell me, my brothers: if a goal for humanity is still lacking, is there not still lacking--humanity itself?

When virtue has slept it will arise more vigorous.

How many geniuses are we putting to sleep today and where would our world be now, if the age of pill popping, mind numbing control existed during the times of Da Vinci, Shakespeare, or Einstein?

Every April God rewrites the Book of Genesis.

I'm into all that sappy stuff - a surprise picnic, nice dinner, or traveling. I'm kind of an old romantic.

How come, when people wear half shirts, it's always the top half?

You know, religion itself, Eastern and Western, is divisive and quarrelsome anyway.

The going is the goal.

Biology transcends society.

Mealtime's the only time I get to devote to the things of the spirit.

No one will ever believe that both your hard drive and mine crashed within a week of each other.

The sloth lives his life upside down. He is perfectly comfortable that way. If the blood rushes to his head, nothing happens because there is nothing to work on.