Home is the dearest spot on earth, and it should be the centre, but not the boundary, of the affections.

If Christianity is not scientific, and Science is not of God, then there is no invariable law, and truth becomes an accident.

Reject hatred without hating.

True prayer is not asking God for love; it is learning to love, and to include all mankind in one affection. Prayer is the utilization of the love wherewith He loves us.

I don't want to give advice to people about their religious beliefs, but I do think that it's not smart to bet against the power of science to figure out the natural world. It used to be, a thousand years ago, that if you wanted to explain why the moon moved through the sky, you needed to invoke God.

Jurisdictions across the U.S. are snapping up algorithms as tools to help judges make bail and bond decisions. They're being sold as race- and gender-neutral assessments that allow judges to use science in determining whether someone will behave if released from jail pending trial.

We need to have much clearer regulations on things like corporate funding of scientific research. Things need to be made explicit which are implicit.

At the end of the day, if there are truly ethical considerations, those have to override scientific considerations.