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.
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody.
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about answers.
The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.
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.
The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.
Science and religion are not at odds. Science is simply too young to understand.
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
Anything that gives us new knowledge gives us an opportunity to be more rational.