We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say — and to feel — 'Yes, that's the way it is, or at least that's the way I feel it.'

To be Irish is to know that in the end the world will break your heart.

If you take care of the soil, the soil will take care of you.

The genome is a library of ancient wisdom.

You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.

"Every story is a lie, but within that lie, there is a truth waiting to be discovered."