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.
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
I mean, you could claim that anything’s real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody’s proved it doesn’t exist!
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.
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.
Natural science does not simply describe and explain nature: it is part of the interplay between us and nature.
I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial and government or military pressures.
Give me 6 hours to chop a tree, I will spend the first 4 sharpening my axe.
You cannot conquer a free man. The most you can do is kill him.