Human beings function better if they are deceived by their genes into thinking that there is a disinterested objective morality binding upon them, which all should obey.

Genius is the summed production of the many with the names of the few attached for easy recall.

Even as empiricism is winning the mind, transcendentalism continues to win the heart.

I think history has shown that the worst way to [try to] bring people over and actually change public opinion is by insult and applied degradation of them.

Look closely at nature. Every species is a masterpiece, exquisitely adapted to the particular environment in which it has survived. Who are we to destroy or even diminish biodiversity?

For me, the peculiar qualities of faith are a logical outcome of this level of biological organization.

Karl Marx was right, socialism works, it is just that he had the wrong species