Uri Geller may have psychic powers by means of which he can bend spoons; if so, he appears to be doing it the hard way.

Expose every belief to the light of reason, discourse, facts, scientific observations; question everything, be sceptical because this is the only chance at life you will ever get.

Those who believe without reason cannot be convinced by reason.

Magicians are the most honest people in the world; they tell you they're gonna fool you, and then they do it.

Blind belief can be comforting, but it can easily cripple reason and productivity, and stop intellectual progress.

No matter how smart or well-educated you are, you can be deceived.

There is a distinct difference between having an open mind and having a hole in your head from which your brain leaks out.

Everyone who believes in telekinesis, raise my hand.

No amount of belief makes something a fact.

The only difference is that religion is much better organized and has been around much longer, but it's the same story with different characters and different costumes.

We owe it to our kids to inform them and train them how to think, not what to think.

You have to be able to look objectively at the problem, deflating the emotional part of it.

Choices may be unbelievably hard but they're never impossible. To say you have no choice is to release yourself from responsibility and that's not how a person with integrity acts.

Faith is like electricity. You can't see it, but you can see its light shining on you.

Truth is hate to those who hate the truth.

Every week a tsunami rips through poor towns and villages all over the world ... That tsunami is hunger.

Fortitude: That quality of mind which does not care what happens so long as it does not happen to us.

To be 49 years old now and still be called The Kid, that's kind of special.

Trust is almost always conditional, focused, qualified, and therefore limited.

My foot is on my native heath, and my name is MacGregor.

Light seeking light doth light of light beguile: So, ere you find where light in darkness lies, Your light grows dark by losing of your eyes.