I haven’t failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.
I think it is a mistake to judge science by Nobel Prizes.
To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual.
What, therefore, is a government at its best? It is a government that “governs” least and instead finds ways to mobilise the energies of our people.
Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.
You can never be overdressed or overeducated.
What could an entirely rational being speak of with another entirely rational being?
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.
Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind.
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.