science

"By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox."

"...since the order of the world is shaped by death, mightn't it be better for God if we refuse to believe in Him and struggle with all our might against death, without raising our eyes towards the heaven where He sits in silence?"

"Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life."

"If time travel is possible, where are the tourists from the future?"

"You cannot reason people out of a position that they did not reason themselves into."

"The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he's one who asks the right questions."

"Kids are never the problem. They are born scientists. The problem is always the adults. They beat the curiosity out of kids. They outnumber kids. They vote. They wield resources. That's why my public focus is primarily adults."

"Emotional states are fairly quick bursts of neuronal gossip. Traits, on the other hand, are more like the neuronal equivalent of committed relationships."

"John Muir, Earth — planet, Universe[Muir's home address, as inscribed on the inside front cover of his first field journal]"

"It is often stated that of all the theories proposed in this century, the silliest is quantum theory. In fact, some say that the only thing that quantum theory has going for it is that it is unquestionably correct."

"It's almost as if each instant is our last and first. We are always dying, and always reborn. And that is living."

"You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit."

"I am one of those who think, like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries."

"...quantum mechanics—the physics of our world—requires that you hold such pedestrian complaints in abeyance."

"Nature never appeals to intelligence until habit and instinct are useless. There is no intelligence where there is no need of change."

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"If every trace of any single religion were wiped out and nothing were passed on, it would never be created exactly that way again. There might be some other nonsense in its place, but not that exact nonsense. If all of science were wiped out, it would still be true and someone would find a way to figure it all out again."

"Consider the Lichen. Lichens are just about the hardiest visible organisms on Earth, but the least ambitious."

"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality."

"While I've never read Scientific American, I'll bet it is pretty scientific. And American. Just like those prehistoric cave drawings in the south of France."