Death is simply a break in our linear stream of consciousness.

Nothing has existence unless you, I, or some living creature perceives it, and how it is perceived further influences that reality. Even time itself is not exempted from biocentrism.

Religion and science look at reality differently.

The laws of nature are structured so that we grow and change, and get to experience the full spectrum of biological existence.

Time is not an absolute reality but an aspect of our consciousness.

Modern science cannot explain why the laws of physics are exactly balanced for animal life to exist.

Without consciousness, space and time are nothing.

That's absolutely correct and in addition to that life just isn't an accident of the laws of physics. There's a long list of experiments that suggest just the opposite.

We don't have time to wait for President Bush to change his mind. How many breakthroughs have been missed as a result of this policy?

Our linear concept of time means nothing to nature.

We have failed to protect science against speculative extensions of nature, continuing to assign physical and mathematical properties to hypothetical entities beyond what is observable in nature.

Happiness is absolutely a feeling and a state of well-being, but the key to happiness is understanding that it is created through action.

If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?

Remember, the security and happiness you are seeking is not in your material possessions, your degrees, or relationships. It is much closer than you think.

I wasn't academically successful. And maybe I've spent a lot of my career trying to make up for that.

Mental Toughness: The ability to consistently perform toward the upper range of your talent and skill regardless of the competitive circumstances.

I'm a quiet person's nightmare - the only time I shut up is when I'm reading, because I'm a book geek.

Men emerge pale from the little printing plant at four sharp, ghosts for an instant, blinking, until the outdoor light overcomes the look of constant indoor light clinging to them.

Philosophy as practice does not mean its restriction to utility or applicability, that is, to what serves morality or produces serenity of soul.

If it doesn't bother you, it won't bother them.

Everyone sleeps, except lovers, who stay awake, telling stories to God