The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
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.
It’s interesting that these themes of crime and political corruption are always relevant.
The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.
It is the mark of an educated mind, to entertain a thought without accepting it.
I mean, you could claim that anything’s real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody’s proved it doesn’t exist!
You don’t play for revenge, you play for respect and pride.
It is no small art to sleep: for that purpose you must keep awake all day.
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about answers.
An optimist believes we live in the best possible of worlds.- A pessimist fears that this is true.