[On the birther movement:] Here we are, quadrillions of bytes deep into the Information Age. And yet information, it seems, has never mattered less.

It doesn’t much matter whether people care or don’t care. What matters is that people change the world.

It may seem impossible to imagine that a technologically advanced society could choose, in essence, to destroy itself, but that is what we are now in the processnof doing.

If in your lifetime you watch a species go extinct, or plummet almost to the point of extinction, that is a sign that something really serious is going on.

Neanderthals were pretty smart, and if we actively killed them off, then probably we did so in the same way that humans kill each other.

Though it might be nice to imagine there once was a time when man lived in harmony with nature, it’s not clear that he ever really did.

Humans will eventually become extinct. People treat that as a radical thing to say. But the fossil record shows us that everything eventually becomes extinct.

Most of us live in parts of the world where we don't expect to see much, and we wouldn't necessarily notice things that are crashing.

There's this idea of shifting baselines. It was coined by a guy named Jeremy Jackson. It's the idea that every generation takes what it sees, and says, "Okay, well, that's the norm."

No matter what Donald Trump says, it's clear that global warming is rapidly changing conditions on our planet.

In a poll commissioned by Time and CNN, two-thirds of American parents said they think that their children are spoiled.

Ninguna cosa es más propia a Dios que el amor, ni al amor hay cosa más natural que volver al que ama en las condiciones e ingenio del que es amado.

Becoming a Leader of Character changes lives—our lives and the lives of the people we touch.

I've started looking at my own father a bit funny. He assures me, though, that I really am the son of a Scottish postman.

I don't dwell on success. Maybe that's one reason I'm successful.

Talent is the discipline, commitment, and willpower to practice/train/study often, long, and hard. Discover your passion and pay the price.

Wisdom, Power and Goodness meet In the bounteous field of wheat.

Raise a million filters and the rain will not be clean, until the longing for it be refined in deep confession.

A favor is never so long-lived as a grudge.

We all have our crosses to bear. We carry them heavily, out of love for our brothers in arms. But sometimes you have to let go of the idea that anyone down here is in control.

Everything you need God already is.