Julian Conner

“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”
― Cory Booker, United

“The principle of non-aggression is a deep and fundamental Truth in human interaction. Actions that are coerced have no moral value. A confession under torture is no real confession. Giving money to the poor at gunpoint is not real charity. The aim of Islam, and religion more broadly, is to place moral value in every action, so how can coercion be virtuous?”
― Davi Barker, Voluntary Islam And Other Essays

“We are stardust brought to life, then empowered by the universe to figure itself out—and we have only just begun.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

“Throughout the narrative you will find many statements that are obviously nonsensical and quite at variance with common sense. For the most part these are true.”
― Robert Gilmore, Alice in Quantumland: An Allegory of Quantum Physics