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.
I think it is a mistake to judge science by Nobel Prizes.
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.
I don’t believe in taking right decisions. Take decisions and make them right.
The best brains of the Nation may be found on the last benches of the Classroom
Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.
Time and space are modes by which we think and not conditions in which we live.
Natural science does not simply describe and explain nature: it is part of the interplay between us and nature.
In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. – In our actual society we insist they be cheerleaders.