Alas, we are no more or less evolved thant any creature. Uniqueness is terribly overrated.

The true measure of our character of our character is how we treat the poor, the disfavored, the accused, the incarcerated, and the condemned.

There are none so deaf as those that will not hear.

Not a ton of good quotes in this one, but the story and history is spectacular.

To ask, "What's best for me" is finite thinking. To ask, "What's best for us" is infinite thinking.

Whenever somebody says they're a little concerned, they're very concerned.

Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice and discipline.

The answers to making it, to me, are a lot more universal than anyone's race or gender, and center on having a tolerance for delayed gratification, a passion for the craft, and a willingness to fail.

The secret to solving big problems, I learned, is knowing which little problems to ignore.

Truth is like poetry. And most people hate poetry.

I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.

I believe in evolution, scientific inquiry, and global warming; I believe in free speech, whether politically correct or politically incorrect, and I am suspicious of using government to impose anybody's religious beliefs, including my own, on non-believers.