...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.

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

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.

Change is not something you do. Change is something you allow.

You cannot lose if you have learned one new lesson.You cannot lose if you have helped one new person.You cannot lose if you have overcome one new obstacle.

Mortality was never designed to torture you. It was designed to test you.

Humanism is the philosophy that you should be a good guest at the dinner table of life.

Do not dwell on what once was, but rather look forward and ponder how you can make the future brighter

A man may be hot but he's not when he's shot cause you can't get a man with a gun.

All sorrows can be borne if you can put them into a story.

Musicians always come off sounding a little bit pretentious, and a little bit... I don't know, hypocritical, from what they do, talking about strong issues.

For me an object is something living. This cigarette or this box of matches contains a secret life much more intense than that of certain human beings.

We're in a world that is run by accountants and I think that it's sad in many ways.