Our loyalties are to the species and the planet. We speak for Earth.

we make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers

All inquires carry with them some element of risk. There is no guarantee that the universe will conform to our predispositions.

I can find in my undergraduate classes, bright students who do not know that the stars rise and set at night, or even that the Sun is a star.

Thus the recent rapid evolution of human intelligence is not only the cause of but also the only conceivable solution to the many serious problems that beset us.

The politicians and the religious leaders and the weapons scientists have been at it for a long time and they've made a thorough mess of it. I mean, we're in deep trouble.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.