"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."
"Cutting off fundamental, curiosity-driven science is like eating the seed corn. We may have a little more to eat next winter but what will we plant so we and our children will have enough to get through the winters to come?"
"There is much that science doesn't understand, many mysteries still to be resolved. In a Universe tens of billions of light-years across and some ten or fifteen billion years old, this may be the case forever. We are constantly stumbling on new surprises"
"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality."
"Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the future. Perhaps a better way to say it is that in science there are no authorities; at most, there are experts."
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."