"Only by owning who and what you are can you step into the fullness of life."

“Claiming that you have got the truth wrapped up does breed violence and intolerance.”

Source : Timothy Radcliffe (2013). “What is the Point of Being a Christian?”, p.116, A&C Black

“The notion of a neutral, mainstream national media gained dominance only in World War II and in its aftermath, when what turned out to be a temporary moderate consensus came to govern the country.”

“Kids are curious.Kids are watching ants while adults are stepping on them.”

“I focused more on sharing my gift and performing than worrying about it being a competition.”

“America is about to turn the page on Barack Obama's four-year experiment in big government.”

Source : "How 'Government' Became A Dirty Word". "All Things Considered" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. September 1, 2012.

“So long as knowledge goes beyond mere true belief, foreknowledge is implausible, since having and relying on relevant true beliefs is sufficient for inquiry. A stepping-stone version of prior true belief seems reasonable, though perhaps we should accept only an even weaker view: a stepping-stone version of roughly-accurate beliefs.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com

“I know the compassion of others is a relief at first. I don't despise it. But it can't quench pain, it slips through your soul as through a sieve. And when our suffering has been dragged from one pity to another, as from one mouth to another, we can no longer respect or love it.”

“Small science, which includes most research in the life sciences all over the world, is science directed usually by an individual senior scientist and a small team of junior associates, perhaps three, ten, fifteen, something in that order.”