We have access to practical, ethical and scientifically established methods of birth control. So I think that is the most ethical way to reduce our population.

It would be an exaggeration to say I’m not afraid of death, but I’m not afraid of what comes after, because I’m not a believer.

life is either a reproducible, almost commonplace manifestation of matter, given certain conditions, or a miracle. Too many steps are involved to allow for something in between.

We know that once we stop learning and call ourselves learned, we become useless members of the scientific society.

She just keeps kissing my scars. Every scar. She knows about them all. She watched them all appear and heal. Sophie's lips against me make every punch, every kick, every wound, every scar worth it.

A man’s desire is for the woman, but the woman’s desire is rarely other than for the desire of the man.

No one is nothing. Everyone has a place and a purpose. Some choose their purpose and others have it thrust upon them but no one is useless. Everyone is someone. The world has use for us all.

June suns, you cannot store them To warm the winter's cold, The lad that hopes for heaven Shall fill his mouth with mould.

The most important person to thank is...my mother. She gave me four golden rules to live by: be a proud black man, take care of your family, make education a priority, and try to do the right thing.

Relational trust is built on movements of the human heart such as empathy, commitment, compassion, patience, and the capacity to forgive.

Our society has become an employee society.

It's objective evaluations that give our hardwiring principles teeth and drive the organization toward results that last.

What I have advocated is not wild radicalism. It is the highest and wisest kind of conservatism.