Natural science does not simply describe and explain nature: it is part of the interplay between us and nature.
What could an entirely rational being speak of with another entirely rational being?
Anything that gives us new knowledge gives us an opportunity to be more rational.
I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial and government or military pressures.
Science and religion are not at odds. Science is simply too young to understand.
That rifle on the wall of the labourer’s cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there.
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.
What, therefore, is a government at its best? It is a government that “governs” least and instead finds ways to mobilise the energies of our people.
To such a world of conflict, a world of victims, and executions, it is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.
Every cause produces more than one effect.