Our universities today are better equipped than ever, and the wars keep getting worse.

If you think we can’t change the world, It just means you're not one of those that will

When education and resources are available to all without a price tag, there will be no limit to the human potential.

No one is born with greed, prejudice, bigotry, patriotism and hatred; these are all learned behavior patterns.

If you love someone and they want to leave, you help them pack. That's love

We are not taught to be thinkers, but reflectors of our culture. Let's teach our children to be thinkers.

We must stop constantly fighting for human rights and equal justice in an unjust system, and start building a society where equal rights are an integral part of the design.

You don't need to get rid of religion; you have to outgrow the need for it. In other words, instead of hoping for the good life, you make the good life.

We don't know how to live together on Earth, how the hell are we going to live together on Mars?

So your having trouble with your partner. Well ask yourself, if you were in a relationship with a replica of yourself how long would it last?

Opinions are very dangerous, because they aren't based on scientific studies.

Who exactly am I saving from shame, when I’ll live and die in every possible way?

A mathematician is a magician who converts adjectives into nouns: continuous into continuum, infinite into infinity, infinitesimal into location, 0D into point, 1D into line, curved into geodesic.

Look at the big picture of the wheel of life. Above it, there is a Buddha. He is pointing, not towards the wheel, but away from it. He is indicating that there is something else - nirvana.

There is a direct line between the communications work I did to protest tuition increases at my school and what I do today. Plus it had one other benefit...it got me kicked out of college!

It's fun to be almost grown up in some ways, but it's not the kind of fun I expected, Marilla. There's so much to learn and do and think that there isn't time for big words.

I don't know why my shoes are so popular - I am always surprised and mystified by it.

Skepticism is not a position that you stake out ahead of time and stick to no matter what.

There is always a place in the world for those who are willing to give of their time, energy, capital, creativity, and commitment.

Come away, come away, death, And in sad cypres let me be laid; Fly away, fly away, breath; I am slain by a fair cruel maid.

The more security we have, the less freedom there is; more freedom means less security. You can hardly enough of both at the same time.