You teach me, I forget. You show me, I remember. You involve me, I understand.

There is no better high than discovery.

People would rather believe than know.

I will argue that every scrap of biological diversity is priceless, to be learned and cherished, and never to be surrendered without a struggle.

Very often ambition and entrepreneurial drive, in combination, beat brilliance.

They travel long distances to stroll along the seashore, for reasons they can't put into words.

Human beings were made for music. Its thrill and rapture are picked up almost immediately by little children

The best way to live in this real world is to free ourselves of demons and tribal gods.

[Scientific humanism is] the only worldview compatible with science's growing knowledge of the real world and the laws of nature.

Social intelligence was therefore always at a high premium. A sharp sense of empathy can make a huge difference, and with it in an ability to manipulate, to gain cooperation, and to deceive.

[E]very major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals.

You are the only one who knows what is best for yourself. Find it IN you.

As you get older, you see the world at a different angle, maybe more cynically, but I just bury my anger.

No, I don't regret anything at this point. That may change on the next phone call, but at the moment I don't regret anything.

Sweet the young muse with love intense, Which smiles o'er sleeping innocence.

There are many, many different worlds. Just as there are different continents on earth, there are different dimensional planes.

As your temptations become greater, so does your ability to make responsible choices.

It is hard to know what Sarah Palin means in Republican politics anymore.

We prize books, and they prize them most who are themselves wise.

It is God's kindness to terrify you in order to lead you to safety.