The bottom line: Earth is not mediocre.

We strive toward knowledge, always more knowledge, but must understand that we are, and will remain, surrounded by mystery.

Symmetry may have its appeal but it is inherently stale. Some kind of imbalance is behind every transformation.

The map of what we call reality is an ever-shifting mosaic of ideas.

Creation, in all its splendor and misery, in all the beauty and ugliness of its myriad forms, is how God manifests His presence in time. Creation is God in time.

Science is much better at finding things that exist than at ruling out things that don't.

What a beautiful name. I love to watch how it falls off the lips of those who love Him. I shudder as it falls off the lips of those who don't. Jesus.

I don't have any problem with being the guy whose album people put on when they're feeling sad.

In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart.

Writing helps me create a different world that I can escape to.

I dont think I ever wanted to be a journalist - I was more interested in what comes from being a journalist.

Always remember that a soldier's pack is lighter than a slave's chains.

Life is a republic where the individuals are for the most part unconscious that while they are working for themselves they are also working for the public good.

I'm a sweats and UGGs girl. Very casual.

Malice is poisoned by her own venom.

All the joy the world contains Has come through wishing happiness for others. All the misery the world contains Has come through wanting pleasure for oneself.