The cosmos is full beyond measure of elegant truths; of exquisite interrelationships; of the awesome machinery of nature.
I'd rather be a climbing ape than a falling angel.
Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact.
The most essential characteristic of scientific technique is that it proceeds from experiment, not from tradition.
Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control. Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals. They are complementary.
If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention, than to any other talent.
All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.
The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility…The fact that it is comprehensible is a miracle.
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.