It is true that legality is not morality, and sticking to the law is necessary for good citizenship, but it is not sufficient.

You don't choose what you believe moment to moment, but choices you have made do shape what you come to believe.

Happiness is not the same as life satisfaction, while neither are identical to what we might call flourishing.

No one who has understood even a fraction of what science has told us about the universe can fail to be in awe of both the cosmos and of science.

If there's one thing that makes me cynical, it's optimists. They are just far too cynical about cynicism. If only they could see that cynics can be happy, constructive, even fun to hang out with, they might learn a thing or two.

Wasn't it Bertrand Russell who used the phrase 'The superior virtue of the oppressed'? There is always this temptation amongst people that see themselves as progressive, and on the side of the weak. They demonize the powerful, but over-romanticize the weak. I think we should recognize that. If you take seriously the idea that people are always going to use truth claims as a means of powering their own agenda, that is going to happen whether you're weak or powerful.

Life is full of what-ifs, many of which could easily have been realities, had just a few things been different.