Words have a genealogy and it's easier to trace the evolution of a single word than the evolution of a language.

The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.

The idea that God is a worthy recipient of our gratitude for the blessings of life but should not be held accountable for the disasters is a transparently disingenuous innovation of the theologians.

Life itself is just a thin coat of paint on the planet, and we hold the paintbrush.

There’s simply no polite way to tell people they’ve dedicated their lives to an illusion.

The chief trick to making good mistakes is not to hide them-especially not from yourself.

What you can imagine depends on what you know.

There are no forces on this planet more dangerous to all of us than the fanaticisms of fundamentalism.

There may be things that are completely unknowable to us, so we must be careful not to treat the limits of our knowledge as sure guides to the limit of what there is.

A child raised on a desert island, alone, without social interaction, without language, and thus lacking empathy, is still a sentient being.

There is no polite way to suggest to someone that they have devoted their life to a folly.

Time did not compose her.

Give me a book and I may change the world, give me a weapon and there will be no world to change.

God receives little thanks even for his greatest gifts.

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

Breaking America's oil addiction would not lead to a future of sackcloth and ashes.

When we talk in company we lose our unique tone of voice, and this leads us to make statements which in no way correspond to our real thoughts.

I pledge to respect and protect the constitution and the law of my country and to carry out my duties to the best of my ability.

I feel 80% of my life is completely normal.

You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff

What is this "heart"? If I tear open that chest of yours, will I see it there? If I smash open that skull of yours, will I see it there?