"The point of living, and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come."

"Do the facts of our ancient history mean that humans are not special or unique among living creatures? Of course not. In fact, knowing something about the deep origins of humanity only adds to the rem…"

"Being a friendly neighbour has always been the keystone of community life and just saying “hello” can sometimes make a huge difference"

"It looked queer to me to see boxes labeled 'His Excellency, Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America'. The packages so labeled contained Bass ale or Cognac brandy, which cost 'H…"

"Thus society is born, as something required by nature, and as something accomplished through a work of reason and will, and freely consented to. Man is a political animal, which means that the human p…"