"The biological evolutionary perception of life and of human qualities is radically different from that of traditional religion, whether it's Southern Baptist or Islam or any religion that believes in a supernatural supervalance over humanity."

"The education of women is the best way to save the environment."

"I see no way out of the problems that organized religion and tribalism create other than humans just becoming more honest and fully aware of themselves."

"Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice. Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition."

"God loves each of us as if there were only one of us."

"A humble soul understands that the most profound truths are found in silence."

"Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity."

"Art is the soul's attempt to give enduring form to the formless. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery."