Engineering is a predictive science, not a manipulative art.

Religion is never devoid of emotion, any more than love is. It is not a defect of religion, but rather its glory, that it speaks always the language of feeling.

Never trust a theologian who doesn't have a sense of humor.

We need to be agnostics first and then there is some chance at arriving at a sensible system of belief.

The spoken word is never really effective unless it is backed up by a life, but it is also true that the living deed is never adequate without the support the spoken word can provide.

It takes a noble man to plant a seed for a tree that will someday give shade to people he may never meet.

One of the noblest words in our language is "grace," defined as "unearned blessing." We live by grace far more than by anything else. Accordingly, I find that the one thing which I want to put into practice in my own life is the conscious and deliberate habit of finding someone to thank.