We owe it to our kids to inform them and train them how to think, not what to think.

No evidence against a firmly-held belief, no matter how good or abundant it may be, will sway the true believer.

Nature doesn't cheat - people do.

Feeling better is not actually being better.

The market for nonsense is infinite.

People who are smart get into Mensa. People who are really smart look around and leave.

There is a distinct difference between having an open mind and having a hole in your head from which your brain leaks out.

No amount of belief makes something a fact.

Blind belief can be comforting, but it can easily cripple reason and productivity, and stop intellectual progress.

Magicians are the most honest people in the world; they tell you they're gonna fool you, and then they do it.

No matter how smart or well-educated you are, you can be deceived.

Everyone who believes in telekinesis, raise my hand.

Those who believe without reason cannot be convinced by reason.

Moon, worn thin to the width of a quill,/ In the dawn clouds flying,/ How good to go, light into light, and still/ Giving light, dying.

The window-lights, myriads and myriads,Bloom from the walls like climbing flowers.

There is a quiet at the heart of love, And I have pierced the pain and come to peace.

I shall have peace, as leafy trees are peaceful when rain bends down the bough; And I shall be more silent and cold hearted than you are now.

Life has loveliness to sell, all beautiful and splendid things, blue waves whitened on a cliff, soaring fire that sways and sings, and children's faces looking up, holding wonder like a cup.

Places I love come back to me like music, / Hush me and heal me when I am very tired.