Science and Religion

An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less until he knows absolutely everything about nothing.

Nicholas Murray Butler, in Science and Religion and Success and Failure

Logic is like the sword -- those who appeal to it shall perish by it.

Samuel Butler, in Science and Religion

I think, therefore I am.

René Descartes, in Science and Religion

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

Philip K. Dick, in Science and Religion

There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics.

Benjamin Disraeli, in Science and Religion

I predict that exact reproduction through cloning will not become popular. Too many people already find it difficult to live with themselves.

Jeanne Dixon, in Science and Religion

Math is like love -- a simple idea but it can get complicated.

R. Drabek, in Love and Hate and Science and Religion

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.

Albert Einstein, in Science and Religion

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Albert Einstein, in Science and Religion and Success and Failure

I want to know the thoughts of God. Everything else is just details.

Albert Einstein, in Science and Religion

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Albert Einstein, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

Albert Einstein, in Science and Religion

Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.

George Santayana, in Science and Religion

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

George Santayana, in Science and Religion

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.

E. F. Schumacher, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance

Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.

George Bernard Shaw, in Science and Religion

For my part, the longer I live the less I feel the need of any sort of theological belief, and the more I am content to let unseen powers go on their way with me and mine without question or distrust.

John Burroughs, in Science and Religion

If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go.

John Burroughs, in Science and Religion

It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.

John Burroughs, in Science and Religion

Ignorance is the mother of devotion.

Robert Burton, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance