Nature does not loathe virtue: it is unaware of its existence. - A Letter to Myself.

Nature does not loathe virtue: it is unaware of its existence. - A Letter to Myself.

A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at read more

A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at home.

After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, read more

After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, bountiful with life. Within decades we must close our eyes again. Isn’t it a noble, an enlightened way of spending our brief time in the sun, to work at understanding the universe and how we have come to wake up in it? This is how I answer when I am asked—as I am surprisingly often—why I bother to get up in the mornings.

Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye.

Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye.

Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to.

Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to.

The freedom of the press works in such a way that there is not much freedom from it.

The freedom of the press works in such a way that there is not much freedom from it.

There is nothing more wonderful than freedom of speech.

There is nothing more wonderful than freedom of speech.

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

It's good to shut up sometimes.