A person cannot grow up through happiness. Happiness makes a person shallow. It is only through suffering that we grow up, transform, and come to a better understanding of life.

Just because a person spends her time making a piece of something does not mean that she becomes that - a piece of something.

Chinese workers are not forced into factories because of our insatiable desire for iPods. They choose to leave their homes in order to earn money, to learn new skills, and to see the world.

The past has been there all along, reminding us: This time--maybe, hopefully, against all odds, we will get it right.

Evolution... is the most powerful and the most comprehensive idea that has ever arisen on Earth.

If you have one person you’re influenced by, everyone will say you’re the next whoever. But if you rip off a hundred people, everyone will say you're so original.

on. I’m getting cold.’ Clutching the pluckers, I call her. ‘Right,

My father helped you with that. . that thing you do?” “Yes. Your father helped me with that peacemaking thing I do that keeps you happily killing for a living.

Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.

Father, look upon us in Your goodness and kindness, we pray as a church. Help us to love each other.

Truths may clash without contradicting each other.

When you have everything, you have everything to lose.

empathy, the least comfortable of human emotions.

If you look at the various strategies available for dealing with a new technology, sticking your head in the sand is not the most plausible strategy.