Religious hatreds ought not to be propagated at all, but certainly not on a tax-exempt basis.

There are no insoluble problems. Only time-consuming ones.

Millions upon millions of years ago, when the continents were already formed and the principal features of the earth had been decided, there existed, then as now, one aspect of the world that dwarfed all other ... a mighty ocean, resting uneasily to the east of the largest continent, a restless ever-changing, gigantic body of water that would later be described as Pacific.

I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.

An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.

Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them.

On 24 October 1944 Planet Earth was following its orbit about the sun as it has obediently done for nearly five billion years.