Mind and intuition are at opposite ends of the same continuum and our goal is to strike a healthy balance between the two.
Religion divides us, while it is our human characteristics that bind us to each other.
[Science doesn't deal with facts; indeed] fact is an emotion-loaded word for which there is little place in scientific debate.
The true contrast between science and religion is that science unites the world and makes it possible for people of widely differing backgrounds to work together and to cooperate. Religion, on the other hand, by its very claim to know “The Truth” through “revelation,” is inherently divisive and a creator of separatism and hostility.
Sometimes I am a little unkind to all my many friends in education. . . by saying that from the time it learns to talk every child makes a dreadful nuisance of itself by asking 'Why?'. To stop this nuisance society has invented a marvellous system called education which, for the majority of people, brings to an end their desire to ask that question. The few failures of this system are known as scientists.
The scientist … must always be prepared to deal with the unknown. It is an essential part of science that you should be able to describe matters in a way where you can say something without knowing everything.
A theory is scientific only if it can be disproved. But the moment you try to cover absolutely everything the chances are that you cover nothing.
The unhappy man, who once has trail'd a pen, Lives not to please himself, but other men; Is always drudging, wastes his life and blood, Yet only eats and drinks what you think good.
Kiss is not a charity. Never, ever mix commerce and charity.
Why add prime numbers? Prime numbers are made to be multiplied, not added.
Of course, Soviet people would like to see the face of surrounding states changed, but that is the business of the surrounding states.