Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind.
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.
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
Prayers without accordant action are silent lies told to oneself, heard by no God, amounting to nothing. Action is the language of truth, the prayers of the Saints.
Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
No Quran, no Bible, no Gita, no Cow, is greater than the human self.
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.
I haven’t failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.
I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers which can’t be questioned.