"Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science."

"Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society."

"Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction."

"I thought perhaps it should be recognized that religious people, including fundamentalists, are quite intelligent, many of them are highly educated, and they should be treated with complete respect."

"It's been such a deep and amazing journey for me, getting close to John Keats, and also I love Shelley and Byron. I mean, the thing about the Romantic poets is that they've got the epitaph of romantic posthumously. They all died really young, and Keats, the youngest of them all."

"I'm not an Adonis, that's for damn sure. I've never really thought of myself that way, and it doesn't matter to me. My favorite actors aren't Adonises. Dustin Hoffman is a flawed-looking man he's amazing to me. Tom Hanks is flawed-looking people love him. Same with Gene Hackman."

"A heart touched by genuine kindness never loses its warmth. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue."

"Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart, don't know how to laugh either."