Real power is control. Knowing that you can do anything...and not doing it only because you can.

For every path you choose, there is another you must abandon, usually forever.

Archaeology is the anthropology of the past, and science fiction is the anthropology of the future.

Studying anthropology, I developed a kind of holistic view of human existence, in which the dichotomies you listed are all necessary and vital aspects of life.

These days too many of us seem inclined to cover our ears, close our eyes, and blindly follow the most narrow, conservative tenets of religion or else seek comfort in the ancient traditions of New Age ritual.

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is stoned to death.

Besides, wouldn't it be wonderful if no one ever had to worry about the random cruelty of fatal illness or the woes of old age attacking them or their loved ones?