The Purpose Of Education Is Not To

Celebrate Our Brief Moment In The Sun

You Are All Stardust.

Organized Religion, Wielding Power Over The Community, Is Antithetical To The Process Of What Modern Democracy Should Define As Liberty. The Sooner We Are Without It, The Better.

There Is A Maxim About The Universe Which I Always Tell My Students: That Which Is Not Explicitly Forbidden Is Guaranteed To Occur.

You Couldn't Be Here If Stars Hadn't Exploded, Because The Elements - The Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Iron, All The Things That Matter For Evolution - Weren't Created At The Beginning Of Time. They Were Created In The Nuclear Furnaces Of Stars, And The Only Way They Could Get Into Your Body Is If The Stars Were Kind Enough To Explode. So, Forget Jesus. The Stars Died So That You Could Be Here Today.