Selfness is an essential fact of life. The thought of nonselfness, precise sameness is terrifying.

We are spectacular splendid manifestations of life. We have language. We have affection. And finally, and perhaps best of all, we have music.

Cats are a standing rebuke to behavioral scientists wanting to know how the minds of animals work. The mind of a cat is an unscrutable mystery.

If an idea cannot move on its own, pushing it doesn't help; best to let it lie there.

We are built to make mistakes, coded for error.

If we have learned anything at all in this century, it is that all new technologies will be put to use, sooner or later, for better or worse, as it is in our nature to do.

It is in our collective behavior that we are most mysterious.