Spirituality can be severed from both vicious sectarianism and thoughtless banalities. Spirituality, I have come to see, is nothing less than the thoughtful love of life. [Spirituality for the Skeptic]

Trust is almost always conditional, focused, qualified, and therefore limited.

Familiarity can no longer be a necessary condition for trust.

Chances are the movements of the euro as against the dollar will be relatively moderate.

The brain can be seen as a complex machine, like a gooey computer.

There's a stability and growth pact which was agreed for the eleven countries which tries to limit the size of budget deficits among the eleven countries.

Some countries that are close to Europe that already hold Deutschemarks, clearly would automatically hold euros, those are countries in Eastern Europe mainly, a few countries in Africa.