“Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart.”
“Maybe there is a beast… maybe it’s only us.”
“Human consciousness arose but a minute before midnight of the cosmic day; yet we think ourselves its culmination.”
“Theories are nets; only he who casts will catch.”
“We are a glorious accident of an unpredictable process with no drive to complexity, not the expected product of evolutionary principles.”
“Nothing matches the holiness and stillness of nature before sunrise—hold on to that reverence for life.”
“Science is not a heartless pursuit of objective information; it is a creative human activity.”
“Facts do not speak for themselves; they are read in the light of theory.”
“We are the offspring of history, and must establish our own paths in this most diverse and interesting of all possible universes.”
“The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best—and therefore never scrutinize or question.”
“The greatest danger to our future is apathy.”
“Only when our clever brain and our human heart work together can we achieve our full potential.”
“We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place—or not to bother.”
“What makes us human, I think, is an ability to ask questions, be skeptical, and to think freely.”
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you.”
“Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right.”
“The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.”
“Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.”
“Only if we understand can we care; only if we care will we help; only if we help shall all be saved.”
“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”