It is said that men may not be the dreams of the god, but rather that the gods are the dreams of men.

You could just as well say that an agnostic is a deeply religious person with at least a rudimentary knowledge of human fallibility.

What distinguishes our species is thought. The cerebral cortex is in a way a liberation. We need no longer be trapped in the genetically inherited behavior patterns of lizards and baboons: territoriality and aggression and dominance hierarchies. We are each of us largely responsible for what gets put in to our brains. For what as adults we wind up caring for and knowing about. No longer at the mercy of the reptile brain we can change ourselves. Think of the possibilities.

The lifetime of a human being is measured by decades, the lifetime of the Sun is a hundred million times longer. Compared to a star, we are like mayflies, fleeting ephemeral creatures who live out their lives in the course of a single day.

Ours is the first generation that has grown up with science-fiction ideas.

The passion to explore is at the heart of being human.

Don't judge everyone else by your own limited experience.