The love of complexity without reductionism makes art; the love of complexity with reductionism makes science. - Edward O. Wilson

You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give.

The true cause of hatred and violence is faith versus faith, an outward expression of the ancient instinct of tribalism.

Much of culture, including especially the content of the creative arts, has arisen from the inevitable clash of individual selection and group selection.