Science is the outcome of being prepared to live without certainty and therefore a mark of maturity. It embraces doubt and loose ends.

To believe something in the face of evidence and against reason - to believe something by faith - is ignoble, irresponsible and ignorant, and merits the opposite of respect.

A human lifespan is less than a thousand months long. You need to make some time to think how to live it.

To read is to fly: it is to soar to a point of vantage which gives a view over wide terrains of history, human variety, ideas, shared experience and the fruits of many inquiries.

Religion and science have a common ancestor - ignorance.

If there is anything worth fearing in the world, it is living in such a way that gives one cause for regret in the end.

Humanism is the philosophy that you should be a good guest at the dinner table of life.

Religions survive mainly because they brainwash the young.

Look at the blogosphere - the biggest lavatory wall in the universe, a palimpsest of graffiti and execration.

Try lighting your house by prayer instead of electricity and see which one works.

And I say, the meaning of life is what you make it. There will be as many different meaningful lives as there are people to live them.

Piece makes Peace, Pain makes Paint, A Word create World. "The One person can change you, Maybe ubiquitous r inconspicuous.

Defined in psychological terms, a fanatic is a man who consciously over-compensates a secret doubt.

We don't need wings to be angels We don't need reasons to be right Your love makes us all better That who we really are Angels and heroes at heart

Someone else would come, another self that was a little more refined, that had a little more purity, a little more humility, because I was quite egotistical, I thought I was quite wonderful.

God forbid that I should travel with anybody a quarter of an hour without speaking of Christ to them.

If any of you have a desire to be mediocre, you will probably find that you have already achieved your ambition.

I don't really believe in anything special, but I respect God. I go to church sometimes, but not often.

Most people don't lead their own lives - they accept their lives

Liberals like to achieve fairness by spreading the misery. Conservatives seek to expand opportunity.

The years thunder by, The dreams of youth grow dim where they lie caked in dust on the shelves of patience. Before we know it, the tomb is sealed.