Where do we get our values from?

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me . . they’re cramming for their final exam.

I thought about how mothers feed their babies with tiny little spoons and forks so I wondered, what do Chinese mothers use? Toothpicks?

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

Some people have no idea what they're doing, and a lot of them are really good at it.

All the media and the politicians ever talk about is things that separate us, things that make us different from one another

Don’t just teach your children to read… Teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything.

In America, anyone can become president. That's the problem.

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

There is a planet named Pluto, but we don't have one named Goofy. Goofy would be a good name for this planet. It certainly qualifies.

There is something original in every one of us

Souls aren’t discrete units — or even units at all. They’re more like reflections of consciousness in a fractured mirror.

Joyful life, sharing life with people.

This is our foxhole, and in foxholes, sometimes faith is all you've got.

There is nothing more reassuring than knowing that the world is crazier than you are.

Luke associates John with Peter in Acts, when, after the Resurrection, that strange boldness had come upon the disciples.

Writing is about a blank piece of paper and leaving out what’s not supposed to be there.

The spirituality that we need to develop for social change is one that mobilizes us for social change.

Strict conservation of energy in the elementary process had thus been confirmed also by a negative experiment.

Beauty attracts beauty. If you want to know what you are, look at what you are drawn to.