"For me, the peculiar qualities of faith are a logical outcome of this level of biological organization."

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

"Religious beliefs evolved by group-selection, tribe competing against tribe, and the illogic of religions is not a weakness but their essential strength."

"If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way. The moral imperative of humanism is the endeavor alone, whether successful or not, provided the effort is honorable and failure memorable."

"It's a very brave thing to fall in love. You have to be willing to trust somebody else with your whole being, and that's very difficult, really difficult and very brave."

"Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow."

"There is a powerful need for people to feel that gust of hope rise up again."

"Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions."