For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.
It is no small art to sleep: for that purpose you must keep awake all day.
Science and religion are not at odds. Science is simply too young to understand.
You cannot conquer a free man. The most you can do is kill him.
You don’t play for revenge, you play for respect and pride.
People who are more rational don’t perceive emotion less, they just regulate it better.
Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
If you find yourself in a fair fight, you should reexamine your tactics.
I think it is a mistake to judge science by Nobel Prizes.
The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.