...animals behaved with purpose, it seemed. Unlike people.

...whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. And peace will be with you.

Science doesn't tell us what we should do. It only tells us what is.

For scientists, reality is not optional.

I never learn anything from listening to myself.

In Bobby Ogle's version of heaven everyone would wind up in one place, criminals and Muslims included.

Humans are in love with the idea of our persisting, ' he said. 'We fetishize it, really. Our retirement funds, our genealogies. Our so-called ideas for the ages.

Some of life's greatest calls were answered not by the head but by the body.

Well, yeah, " Dovey said. "That's America. We watch shows about rich people's houses and their designer dresses and we drool. It's patriotic.

It's a selfish habit. I never learn anything from listening to myself.

I thought everything in the world was already discovered. Already in my books. A lot of dead stuff that put me to sleep. That was the day I understood the world is still living.

You have the power to treat your own pain, and you can do it without surgery, drugs, or other invasive interventions.

It's so silly not to be nice.

Sometimes we overcomplicate living the gospel. Consistency in acting in accordance with the Lord’s will is key.

They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.

Social Security was always supposed to be basically, in theory, an insurance program where you pay in and then you get out.

Nothing could be further from the truth than the claim that we have a choice between cutting tax and cutting unemployment, for the two go hand in hand.

The great and recurrent question about Abroad is, is it worth the trouble of getting there?

Under government ownership corruption can flourish just as rankly as under private ownership.

I don't think about the past, I only think about the present because what I do today sets me up for the future.

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.