And in man is a three-pound brain which, as far as we know, is the most complex and orderly arrangement of matter in the universe.

Self-education is a continuing source of pleasure to me, for the more I know, the fuller my life is and the better I appreciate my own existence

When life is so harsh that a man loses all hope in himself, then he raises his eyes to a shining rock, worshipping it, just to find hope again, rather than looking to his own acts for hope and salvation. Yes, atheism IS a redemptive belief. It is theism that denies man's own redemptive nature.

Now remember, kids, the internet is serious business.

I would argue that a truly developed country would be beyond Presidents and Kings. In a world with some semblance of equality, each liberal-minded woman, each gay person, and indeed almost every person could be their own President. In a world of equals, what real service does a ruler provide?

It seems to me, Golan, that the advance of civilization is nothing but an exercise in the limiting of privacy.

Uncertainty that comes from knowledge (knowing what you don't know) is different from uncertainty coming from ignorance.