Human communication, 'as the saying goes, is a clash of symbols' it covers a multitude of signs. But it is more than media and messages, information and persuasion; it also meets a deeper need and serves a higher purpose. Whether clear or garbled, tumultuous or silent, deliberate or fatally inadvertent, communication is the ground of meeting and the foundation of community. It is, in short, the essential human connection.

Children are the most learning-hungry beings in the world.

The scientist believes in proof without certainty, the bigot in certainty without proof.

Human beings are the only creatures who are able to behave irrationally in the name of reason.

To admit ignorance is to exhibit wisdom.

The way I change my life is to act as if I am the person I really want to be.

One goes through school, college, medical school and one's internship learning little or nothing about goodness but a good deal about success.