I swear I will not dishonor my soul with hatred, but offer myself humbly as a guardian of nature, as a healer of misery, as a messenger of wonder, as an architect of peace.

Love is the white light of emotion.

Shaped a little like a loaf of French country bread, our brain is a crowded chemistry lab, bustling with nonstop neural conversations.

the biggest threat to the religious experience may well come from organized religion itself.

For me, life offers so many complexly appealing moments that two beautiful objects may be equally beautiful for different reasons and at different times. How can one choose?

The visual image is a kind of tripwire for the emotions.

Hurricane season brings a humbling reminder that, despite our technologies, most of nature remains unpredictable.