We all die. It's just a question of when and how horrible it's going to be.

People with power always take advantage of those without power.

I'm tired of being responsible for 203 lives, and I'm tired of deciding which mission is too risky and which isn't, and who's going on the landing party and who doesn't... and who lives, and who dies.

A true teacher would never tell you what to do. But he would give you the knowledge with which you could decide what would be best for you to do.

I would look up at the moon and see that it was not the smooth orb we had all believed, but a pitted and scarred world with no air.

‎When you point your finger at someone, anyone, it is often a moment of judgement. We point our fingers when we want to scold someone, point out what they have done wrong. But each time we point, we simultaneously point three fingers back at ourselves.

It is a paradox. Life is that way. God designed it that way. I believe I met him once. He was full of mischief.