Ther is no tool that is not also a weapon; and no human that would wield it as one.

When you are asked, "Where is God? Who is God?" stand up and say, "I am God and here is God, not as yet completed, but still advancing towards completion, just in so much as I am working for the purpose of the universe, working for the good of the whole of society and the whole world, instead of merely looking after my personal ends."

The beauty of the universe and the beauty of what we can accomplish within it are two related but separate things, and the separation matters.

Is it possible that on some level, people want to believe that everything's going to get worse? That it's comforting to think that humanity is bad and every solution will just go wrong? Because that way, you're never responsible. You never have to take on responsibility for anything outside yourself and never have to grow up.

Identity has no meaning without society, and society has no meaning without the individual.