We do not choose survival as a value, it chooses us.

We admire people to the extent that we cannot explain what they do, and the word 'admire' then means 'marvel at.'

Somehow people get the idea I think we should be given gumdrops whenever we do anything of value.

Science, not religion, has taught me my most useful values, among them intellectual honesty. It is better to go without answers than to accept those that merely resolve puzzlement.

Science is a willingness to accept facts even when they are opposed to wishes.

We do not choose survival as a value, it chooses us.

A self is a repertoire of behavior appropriate to a given set of contingencies.