Science and technology are what we can do; morality is what we agree we should or should not do.

We're as ephemeral as raindrops. We all fall, and we all land somewhere.

If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.

A whole new generation of Christians has come up believing that it is possible to 'accept' Christ without forsaking the world.

Worshipers never leave church...we carry our sanctuary with us wherever we go.

Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.

Faith is not a conclusion you reach...it's a journey you live.

Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down.

Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.

You teach me, I forget. You show me, I remember. You involve me, I understand.

Look closely at nature. Every species is a masterpiece, exquisitely adapted to the particular environment in which it has survived. Who are we to destroy or even diminish biodiversity?

Knowledge was like candy: you never turned it down, especially if you didn't have to work too hard to get it.

God cannot help you in your ignorance.

This is the beginning of what we will come to call the Upstairs-Downstairs, Linga-Singha wars.

The Japanese scored an important victory at Pearl Harbor, but the attack pulled the United States into World War II, and four years later, Japan was in ruins, utterly defeated.

My favorite part of running is the thinking time.

I don't think anyone really is interested in reading about my emotional state. It's not even interesting to me.

The love that exists between people who share religious values and experiences can be the most satisfying and unifying force this side of the solid, happy family.

. . . the poor man, whom the law does not allow to take . . . a pair of shoes for his freezing feet, is allowed to put his hand into the pocket of the rich, and say, You shall educate me. . . .

No art should be fashionable.

Practice radical humility when it comes to your own accomplishments, and give credit everywhere except to your ego.