Michael Ellis

“There are no gods in the universe, no nations, no money, no human rights, no laws and no justice outside”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

“We hope to see a Europe where men of every country will think of being a European as of belonging to their native land, and...wherever they go in this wide domain...will truly feel, ‘Here I am at home.”
― Winston Churchill

“If a hiker gets lost in the mountains, people will coordinate a search. If a train crashes, people will line up to give blood. If an earthquake levels a city, people all over the world will send emergency supplies. This is so fundamentally human that it’s found in every culture without exception. Yes, there are assholes who just don’t care, but they’re massively outnumbered by the people who do. And because of that, I had billions of people on my side.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

“Because what gods need is belief, and what humans want is gods.”
― Terry Pratchett, Small Gods