The Universe revealed by science is one of far more awesome grandeur than any religion has ever posited.

If you have a beating heart, that's good enough.

No single step in the persuit of enlightenment should ever be considered sacred; only the search was.

A lot of people have this ego need that makes them want to believe that Earth is the center of the universe and humans are the most important species, the supreme expression of creation.

It is a great tragedy that science, this wonderful process for finding out what is true, has ceded the spiritual uplift of its central revelations: the vastness of the universe, the immensity of time, the relatedness of all life, and life's preciousness on our tiny planet.

If you are searching for sacred knowledge and not just a palliative for your fears, then you will train yourself to be a good skeptic.

For most of the history of our species we were helpless to understand how nature works. We took every storm, drought, illness and comet personally. We created myths and spirits in an attempt to explain the patterns of nature.