“On Atheism If people continue to think of atheism as a kind of religion, then I demand all the perks that real religions get. I want to build big empty buildings where like-minded people can gathe...”

“On Love - Love without trust is the love you give a dog. You may call that cute little mutt a member of the family but you don't let him in the kitchen when there's a roast on the table.”

“On Money - There are many ways to get rich quickly. All of them are risky. Some of them are dangerous. A few of them are downright fatal.”

“On Virtue When people want to describe the hideousness of a person or object, they may use the phrase ugly as sin. But the phrase should be ugly as virtue. Sin isnt ugly. Its highly attractive! Th...”

“On Critique Those who can, do. Those who cant, teach. Those who cant do or teach, criticize.”

“On Perseverance Persistence is admirable. Stubbornness is stupid. Just remember: the latter two even begin with the same three letters.”

“Men know that women are an overmatch for them, and therefore they choose the weakest or the most ignorant. If they did not think so, they never could be afraid of women knowing as much as themselves.”

“We think that boxes take everything thats bad and they lock all that nasty stuff out, when in reality they take everything that we are and they lock all of those great things in.”

“One of the most terrifying things I fear is not my potential, but how much regret Ill die with should I never use it.”

“Life is a balance. We tend to forget that as we go blithely from day to day. We eat and drink and sleep and assume we will always rise up the next day, that meals and rest will always replenish us....”

“Try. The tiniest dream that you try to make happen, is worth more than the biggest dream you never attempt.”

“Like a flower pressed flat and dried, we try to hold it still and say, this is exactly how it was the day I first saw it. But like the flower, the past cannot be trapped that way. It loses its frag...”

“The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things.”

“But instead of spending our lives running towards our dreams, we are often running away from a fear of failure or a fear of criticism.”

“The ugliest government is the one which is spreading fear to its own people! The finest government is the one which encourages its own people to criticize the government harshly.”