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

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.

The beauty of the natural world lies in the details.

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.

Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here.

Thank you for being you, because without whom, I wouldn't be me.

It is not possible to know ‘Who am I?’ by ‘doing’. ‘Doing’ (anything), requires egoism, and where there is egoism, ‘Who am I’ cannot be known.

I love you as a river loves the sea

If it is the case that love does survive death, then you may consider this to be a happy ending. Boy meets girl. Boy gets girl. Happily ever after or not.

Discern the vital few from the trivial Many.

Maybe probably ain’t all that comforting a word when it’s maybe yer not dying.

I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died. If I never loved I never would have cried...I am a rock.

If you don't break a hole through the brick wall, don't just start digging a new hole. Keep going until you break through that wall.

If useless thoughts could be expelled from the mind, all the valuable parts of our knowledge would more frequently recur.