Quotes from scientists

[tayla]

I've been collecting quotes from scientists. Thought I'd share some. (One per post so people can comment if they want).

Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it. (Blaise Pascal)

 

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In theology we must consider the predominance of authority; in philosophy the predominance of reason. (Johannes Kepler)

 

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Let there be no doubt that as they are currently practiced, there is no common ground between science and religion. (Neil deGrasse Tyson)

 

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You cannot understand the glories of the universe without believing there is some Supreme Power behind it. (Stephen Hawking)

 

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Consciousness cannot be accounted for in physical terms. For consciousness is absolutely fundamental. It cannot be accounted for in terms of anything else. (Erwin Schrodinger)

 

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Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real. (Niels Bohr)

 

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If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth. (Carl Sagan)

 

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I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the Scriptures, but with experiments and demonstrations. (Galileo Galilei)

 

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People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive. (Blaise Pascal)

 

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Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality. (Carl Sagan)

 

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Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe. (Galileo Galilei)

 

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Biology is the study of complicated things that have the appearance of having been designed with a purpose. (Richard Dawkins)

 

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I think an Agnostic would be the more correct description of my state of mind. The whole subject [of God] is beyond the scope of man's intellect. (Charles Darwin)

 

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I believe in intuitions and inspirations.... I sometimes "feel" that I am right. I do not "know" that I am. (Albert Einstein)

 

[tayla]

If we find the answer to that (why the universe exists), it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason. For then we would know the mind of God. (Stephen Hawking)

 

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And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence. (Bertrand Russell)

 

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I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created parasitic wasps with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of Caterpillars. (Charles Darwin)

 

[tayla]

It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure. (Albert Einstein)

 

[ChristineM]

The shortest, most concise quote i heard was Professor Brian Cox when asked a question on astrology.

"Woo"

 

[tayla]

One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time. (Carl Sagan)