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.
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
Never memorize something that you can look up.
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.
Everything must be made as simple as possible. But not simpler.
Natural science does not simply describe and explain nature: it is part of the interplay between us and nature.
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
Ask the right questions, and nature will open the doors to her secrets.
If voting made any difference they wouldn’t let us do it.
I think we judge talent wrong. What do we see as talent? I think I have made the same mistake myself. Things like determination, courage, discipline, temperament, these are also talent.