The beauty of the natural world lies in the details.

Scientists have discovered that the small, brave act of cooperating with another person, of choosing trust over cynicism, generosity over selfishness, makes the brain light up with quiet joy.

I may not believe in life after death, but what a gift it is to be alive now.

We are made of stardust; why not take a few moments to look up at the family album?

The surest and most insidious enemy of freedom is not dictatorship, but complacency.

I'm an Atheist. I don't believe in God, Gods, Godlets or any sort of higher power beyond the universe itself, which seems quite high and powerful enough to me.

Surveys show that surveys never lie.

Eternal love is a myth, but we make our myths, and we love them to death.

scientists ... resist ... making more of the data than the data make of themselves.

Who needs a handgun when you've got a semiautomatic?

Perhaps eggs are like neurons, which also are not replenished in adulthood: they know too much. Eggs must plan the party. Sperm need only to show up- wearing top hat and tails, of course.

Worry is like a rocking-chair. It gives you something to do buy gets you nowhere.

You can't exercise your way out of a bad diet.

Put on your red shoes, and dance the blues.

No matter how sophisticated our lives may be we need to think of ourselves as creative children.

I think that most manufacturing and mining should be under the purview of state authorities.

But I did die once. (I don't recommend it.)

In comparison, there's no comparison.

Between the adored and the adorer falls the shadow.

There is more potential for economic growth in rural America than at any time in decades.

Do something good for yourself today. You matter.