I was very much on the mathematical side, where you probably do your best work before you're forty-five. Having passed that significant date, I thought I would do something else.

It is the faithfulness of God that allows epistemology to model ontology.

At present, too much theological thinking is very human-centered.

Evolution, of course, is not something that simply applies to life here on earth; it applies to the whole universe.

God didn't produce a ready-made world. The Creator has done something cleverer than this, making a world able to make itself.

I need the binocular approach of science and religion if I am to do any sort of justice to the deep and rich reality of the world in which we live.

Hope is much more than a mood. It involves a commitment to action.... What we hope for should be what we are prepared to work for...as far as that power lies in us.

The rational transparency and beauty of the universe are surely too remarkable to be treated as just happy accidents.

God is not a God of the edges, with a vested interest in beginnings. God is the God of the whole show.

Quantum theory also tells us that the world is not simply objective; somehow it's something more subtle than that. In some sense it is veiled from us, but it has a structure that we can understand.

Mathematics is the abstract key which turns the lock of the physical universe.

The decent, strong person had to do decent, strong things like love unlovable people and keep peace even when it wasn't easy.

For me a house or an apartment becomes a home when you add one set of four legs, a happy tail, and that indescribable measure of love that we call a dog.

But there are times when thinking is misplaced, like when taking photographs. You cannot think your way to making photographs; you can photograph your way to clearer thinking.

He that winneth souls is wise (Proverbs 11:30) - Those are the best educated ministers, who win the most souls.

What I go for in my cooking is sinful, bold and real.

Well, I can't describe her exactly-except to say that she was beautiful. She was-tremendously alive.

Part of being a feminist is giving other women the freedom to make choices you might not necessarily make yourself.

You have to be really open to your acting partners and believe in the story.

Being a warrior is not about the act of fighting, it's about being so prepared to face a challenge and believing so strongly in a cause that you are fighting for that you refuse to quit.

Remember to connect with people now and then. In fact, pick up the phone, right now, and call a friend for no other reason than to say hi.