Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space.
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.
I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial and government or military pressures.
It is no small art to sleep: for that purpose you must keep awake all day.
To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead.
Natural science does not simply describe and explain nature: it is part of the interplay between us and nature.
It’s interesting that these themes of crime and political corruption are always relevant.
Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.