Expectation works in mysterious ways---and totally unconsciously.

In our modern complex world, fundamentalism is dangerous because of its rigidity and its imperviousness to other ideas.

I want a news service that tells me what no one knows but is true nonetheless.

They always say they didn't. I never heard of one who said, 'You know, I deserve this.' Never happens.

The characteristic human trait is not awareness but conformity, and the characteristic result is religious warfare. Other animals fight for territory or food; but, uniquely in the animal kingdom, human beings fight for their 'beliefs.' The reason is that beliefs guide behavior, which has evolutionary importance among human beings. But at a time when our behavior may well lead us to extinction, I see no reason to assume we have any awareness at all. We are stubborn, self-destructive conformists. Any other view of our species is just a self-congratulatory delusion.

It's better to die laughing than to live each moment in fear.

A man can see by starlight, if he takes the time.