The dumbing down of America is evident in the slow decay of substantive content, a kind of celebration of ignorance.

I don't know the answer. Maybe no one knows. Maybe when you grow up, you'll be the first to find out.

We are, in a way, temporary ambulatory repositories for our nucleic acids. This does not deny our humanity; it does not prevent us from pursuing the good, the true and the beautiful. But it would be a great mistake to ignore where we have come from in our attempt to determine where we are going.

Be grateful everyday for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.

You're an interesting species, an interesting mix. You're capable of such beautiful dreams and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone, only you're not. See, in all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable is each other.

You can't convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based on evidence, it's based on a deep seated need to believe

If we are to survive, our loyalties must be broadened further, to include the whole human community, the entire planet Earth.