Natural science does not simply describe and explain nature: it is part of the interplay between us and nature.
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about answers.
The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead.
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
Writing my own novels in the ’90s…I never imagined that in ten years, science and rationality would require explanation and defense in a world rocked and ruled by religious fervor.
Give me 6 hours to chop a tree, I will spend the first 4 sharpening my axe.
If you find yourself in a fair fight, you should reexamine your tactics.