Our current obsession with creativity is the result of our continued striving for immortality in an era when most people no longer believe in an after-life. ↗
Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God. ↗
While I have some regrets that this is my last opportunity to deliver a State of the State address, I appreciate and am humbled by the opportunities this great state has given me. ↗