“The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase: if you pursue happiness you'll never find it.”

“It is only by the rational use of technology to control and guide what technology is doing that we can keep any hopes of a social life more desirable than our own: or in fact of a social life which...”

“Technology... is a queer thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other.”

“A male gynecologist is like an auto mechanic who has never owned a car.”

“Only super-efforts count.”

“I want to be in a relationship where you telling me you love me is just a ceremonious validation of what you already show me.”

“That is what a well-guarded prayer life can reveal about us, that our trust is not in ourselves but in seeking God's strength for what we do. Prayer is not a substitute for action, but prayer under...”