Worse than any severe mental illness, is the illness of bigotry.
I am heartened to find so much wit in you, that you’d give thought to consequences and choose your way with reason, not passion only.
Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.
If you find yourself in a fair fight, you should reexamine your tactics.
Logic is like the sword–those who appeal to it shall perish by it.
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.
I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial and government or military pressures.
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.
Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.
It is the mark of an educated mind, to entertain a thought without accepting it.