Anything that gives us new knowledge gives us an opportunity to be more rational.
The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways. I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows.
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.
If you’re afraid – don’t do it, – if you’re doing it – don’t be afraid.
What counts now are the value-less facts, the material and the rational. All else is regarded with condescension as being of only sentimental value.
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.
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
It is no small art to sleep: for that purpose you must keep awake all day.
Every cause produces more than one effect.
I think it is a mistake to judge science by Nobel Prizes.