The essence of being human is being creative.

In 1920 [H.G. Wells] described human history as becoming more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

The Harvard Law of Animal Behavior holds that under controlled experimental conditions of temperature, time, lighting, feeding, and training, the organism will behave as it damn well pleases.

Today the story is no less attitude-adjusting. It is about the defining cultural, social and political issue of our age. It is about human transformation.

If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, and a sign on it saying, "End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE TO NOT TOUCH," the paint wouldn't even have time to dry.

Dwight D. Eisenhower changed America forever with the creation of the interstate highway program.

Transcendence is the only real alternative to extinction. This is serious. This may be the ultimate final exam.

In order for the Prevail Scenario to work ... you will have to have a world in which you have both differences between people and opportunities for intense connectedness.

The hallmark of the Renaissance was its holistic quality as all fields of art, engineering, science and culture shared the same exciting spirit and many of the same intellectual principles.

There are three levels of happiness: the pleasant life, the good life, and the meaningful life.

The next frontier is our own selves.

Silence is a powerful tool.

Don’t look on in awe, emulate your idols and become one in the process.

I only need to survive on tea, bread and fruits.

Great fortune and peace of mind seldom live together.

The way of transgressors is hard.s

I don't know much about only children. I was the middle one of three, and if ever I was alone with mum and dad, it was a rare moment.

On his teenage son: To be honest, I'm not sure the same kid comes home each night.

There is a pleasure in being mad, which none but madmen know.

The chief drawback with men is that they are too talkative.

Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself.