Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery we are trying to solve.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
Keep in mind my friend, if an answer is not rational, then it is not an answer, but a delusion.”
A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.
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.
Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.
I think it is a mistake to judge science by Nobel Prizes.
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
Everyone you meet always asks if you have a career, are married, or own a house as if life was some kind of grocery list. But no one ever asks you if you are happy.
It’s interesting that these themes of crime and political corruption are always relevant.