Romantic comedies are built to be light. They're built for a certain buoyancy.
Our business is with life, not death.
We already know enough to begin to cope with all the major problems that are now threatening human life and much of the rest of life on earth. Our crisis is not a crisis of information; it is a crisis of decision of policy and action.
[Attributing the origin of life to spontaneous generation. ] However improbable we regard this event, it will almost certainly happen at least once. . . . The time. . . is of the order of two billion years. . . . Given so much time, the "impossible" becomes possible, the possible probable, and the probable virtually certain. One only has to wait: time itself performs the miracles.
The great questions are those an intelligent child asks and, getting no answers, stops asking.
Since we have had a history, men have pursued an ideal of immortality.
So-called defense now absorbs sixty per cent of the national budget, and about twelve per cent of the Gross National Product.
Know this, if someone has cheated on you who truly loves you, they have hurt themselves as much as they have hurt you.
Connecting with others is rewarding; it makes us feel like we're not alone in the world.
Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain but for the heart to conquer it.
After a few (or many) bad relationships, its so easy to shut down, give up, and stop believing that the right person is out there for us. Our hearts yearn to fall in love, but our minds insist its not possible, and we enter into a tug-of-war with ourselves. Its as if one part of us is screaming, Yes! I deserve a great relationship! while another part insists, Ill never find him or her. When our beliefs contradict our desires, we experience an inner conflict that not only paralyzes us, but can actually prevent us from recognizing the possibilities for love that exist all around us.