In his eyes shone the reflection of the most beautiful planet in the Universe---a planet that is not too hot and not too cold; that has liquid water on the surface and where the gravity is just right for human beings and the atmosphere is perfect for them to breathe; where there are mountains and deserts and oceans and islands and forests and trees and birds and plants and animals and insects and people---lots and lots of people. Where there is life. Some of it, possibly, intelligent.

Many badly needed goals, like fusion and cancer cure, would be achieved much sooner if we invested more.

What is important is that we have the ability to create.

We could call order by the name of God, but it would be an impersonal God. There's not much personal about the laws of physics.

Disability can be no handicap.

One does not have to appeal to God to set the initial conditions for the creation of the universe, but if one does He would have to act through the laws of physics.

Simplicity is a matter of taste