We are made of starstuff.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.

I don't want to believe. I want to know.

The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.

The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.

For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.

You have to know the past to understand the present.

No matter how far I go, I'm still your person. We stand together now.

I love to feel the temperature drop and the wind increase just before a thunderstorm. Then I climb in bed with the thunder.

Leaders know where they can function better. They don’t cry over what they cannot do.

We praise God, not because he needs our praise (for all glory resides in and on him), but in order to see him more clearly, enlarge our soul, and relieve our spirit.

Basically, I think you need two things to get by in this world: a sense of humor and the ability to laugh when your ego is destroyed.

For me, reading books and writing them are tied together. The words of other writers teach me and refresh me and inspire me.

The future of Afghanistan is incredibly dark, and decisions are happening incredibly quickly.

Can I go to heaven without truly and faithfully loving Jesus?”

One of our troubles is that we try to make municipalities that are totally different from each other all act as if they were the same kind of creature, with the same kinds of possibilities.

Avoiding problems you need to face is avoiding the life you need to live.