... What of this "despair?" I know it all too well... because up until now... I've climbed up, kicked it in it's teeth, and surpassed it... over and over again just to make it to this very moment!

Power up your intelligence. Hit that creativity button.

And he grew and grew strong as a boy must grow who does not know that he is learning any lessons, and who has nothing in the world to think of except things to eat" (23).

We shouldn't judge people or try to figure out what makes them tick. We should just leave them the hell alone.

Being rational is a moral Imperative. You should never be stupider than you need to be.

I think there is too much attention on mentoring. If people want to be scientists, they will figure out how to do it. They need to figure it out by themselves.

Man has not the right to turn aside and heed not what is happening in the world around him, and this I maintain on moral grounds of the highest order.

If you're lucky, you don't think in a straight line.

I'm married, I have a couple kids, I've traveled a lot, I've done book tours a lot, I'm happy to stay home and take my kids to school and come to the office.

In the gap between thoughts nonconceptual wisdom shines continuously.

I don't entirely agree with the slogan "speaking truth to power."