You cannot do anything with knowledge unless you know where it stops, and the costs of using it.

Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Likewise, not matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if that’s what you are seeking.

It took us a while to discover that we do effectively think, but that we more readily narrate backward in order to give ourselves the illusion of understanding, and give a cover to our past actions.

A theory is like medicine (or government): often useless, sometimes necessary, always self-serving, and on occasion lethal. So it needs to be used with care, moderation and close adult supervision.

The problem is that our ideas are sticky: once we produce a theory, we are not likely to change our minds....

Know how to rank your beliefs not according to their plausibility but by the harm they may cause.

A life of leisure never satisfies anyone who possesses a lively mind.

The Bible teaches that whether we are saved or lost, there is conscious and everlasting existence of the soul and personality.

Keep the goal in mind and push onward to accomplish it.

It is staggering how completely, fully and fairly life supports you if your negativity will allow the blessings to arrive.

Scepticism is as important for a good journalist as it is for a good scientist.

Twere better far That gods should quaff their nectar merrily, And men sing out the day like grasshoppers, So may they haply lull the watchful thunder.

Got seven women on my mind. Four that want to own me, two that want to stone me, and one says she's a friend of mine.

Most corporate name changes are the result of mergers and acquisitions. But these tend to be unimaginative.

Our Mother Mary is full of beauty because she is full of grace.

I want to discover a truth for myself that is really true. Whether it's a piece of scientific knowledge, or a philosophical truth.