“Science and poetry are not so different after all. In science, the more you learn, the more you realize, how much you don't know. In poetry, the more you write, the more you realize, you got no clue, how you flow.”
Source: Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper
“You are never too old to set another goal, or to dream a new dream.”
Source: Live Your Dreams: Les Brown's Formula and Action Planner for Achieving Success and Happiness
“Skepticism does not disqualify you from being a natural scientist; instead, it is the praiseworthy habit of someone who does not submit to dogmas, even if they are currently supposed to be in fashion.”
Source: The Disappearance of Butterflies
“It is a change of approach that is much needed, study based on observation, not merely acceptance of blind doctrine.”
Source: Revelation
“Master yourself like a Science project”
“We have built cities that scrape the sky, machines that think and a global network that allows people to yell at each other at any time of the day, from any part of the world. But when it comes to the question of whether we should keep our own planet habitable, humans remain curiously undecided”
Source: Nature's Last Dance: Tales of Wonder in an Age of Extinction
“Meaning doesn’t remain in place—it’s drawn inward, pulled together by something deeper than consciousness: a noetic force.”
Source: Noetic Gravity
“Much like the kākāpō who waddles up a hill, digs a hole and bellows into it to attract a mate, billionaires may be engaging in their own form of bellowing and feather-waving with admirable enthusiasm: They are hoping that somewhere, someone is appreciating just how terribly desirable they are.”
Source: Nature's Last Dance: Tales of Wonder in an Age of Extinction
“Gravity? It’s not physics. It’s conditional. You believe in yourself, you stay upright. Start second-guessing, and you’re surprisingly buoyant while a gremlin critiques your life choices.”
Source: Noetic Gravity
“With a face of wrinkled leather and a ropy
body jettisoned of everything but raw muscle, he was like a heavy-smoking, hard-drinking Bilbo Baggins; the tiger was his Ring.”
Source: Tigers Between Empires: The Improbable Return of Great Cats to the Forests of Russia and China