A coldly rationalist individualist can deny that he has any obligation to make sacrifices for the future.

But it is no good using the tongs of reason to pull the Fundamentalists' chestnuts out of the fire of contradiction. Their real troubles lie elsewhere.

You cannot do only one thing.

(Technology reliability) x (Human reliability) = (System reliability)

No one should be able to enter a wilderness by mechanical means.

In a competitive world of limited resources, total freedom of individual action is intolerable

People are the quintessential element in all technology... Once we recognize the inescapable human nexus of all technology our attitude toward the reliability problem is fundamentally changed.

Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons.

Why are ecologists and environmentalists so feared and hated? This is because in part what they have to say is new to the general public, and the new is always alarming.

Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all.

The only thing we can really count on in this uncertain world is human unreliability itself.

You must know the size of your calling and its value

What had, moments ago, appeared a dangerous gambit, now seemed an elegant coup de maître.

Between the great things we cannot do and the small things we will not do, the danger is that we shall do nothing.

The mouth keeps silent to hear the heart speak.

A truly beautiful person is one who is good at discovering beauty.

I don't have to run from none of these fighters. If I want to keep my defense tight and break em' down I can.

If you look at my Twitter feed it is 99% links, but 1% is me responding and 1% of a big number is a big number.

I wish all critics, no matter their color, were more sophisticated when it comes to the moral questions a film like 'St. Anna' is trying to raise.

Every Christian became a missionary the moment God breathed his Spirit into him or her.

The roles we play in each other's lives are only as powerful as the trust and connection between us--the protection, safety, and caring we are willing to share.