Science and Religion
156 aphorisms · 18 comments
Aphorisms in This Category
101–120 (156)
tiny.ag/ocxoq7dr · ★★☆☆ Fair (516 ratings) · submitted 1997
We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.
tiny.ag/t9fdfjzr · ★★☆☆ Fair (234 ratings) · submitted 1997
Every man is a divinity in disguise, a god playing the fool.
tiny.ag/h2gnzjuo · ★★☆☆ Fair (56 ratings) · submitted 1997
Beware of the man who won't be bothered with details.
tiny.ag/hrewibls · ★★☆☆ Fair (29 ratings) · submitted 1997
A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.
tiny.ag/ymof9a0l · ★★☆☆ Fair (52 ratings) · submitted 1997
If there is no God, who pops up the next Kleenex?
tiny.ag/hvtkmq8l · ★★☆☆ Fair (154 ratings) · submitted 1997
Strong words are required for weak principles.
Doug Horton, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/jlciv6fb · ★★☆☆ Fair (762 ratings) · submitted 1997
Religion is the opiate of the masses.
tiny.ag/o06tx1yn · ★★☆☆ Fair (78 ratings) · submitted 1997
It is bad luck to be superstitious.
tiny.ag/c6jkeq5x · ★★☆☆ Fair (811 ratings) · submitted 1997
I don't necessarily agree with everything I say.
tiny.ag/b4tuds1y · ★★☆☆ Fair (192 ratings) · submitted 1997
There's always an easy solution to every human problem -- neat, plausible, and wrong.
Henry Louis Mencken, in Altruism and Cynicism and Science and Religion
tiny.ag/eoc1jiyu · ★★☆☆ Fair (591 ratings) · submitted 1997
There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics.
tiny.ag/8acgevbd · ★★☆☆ Fair (118 ratings) · submitted 1997
I predict that exact reproduction through cloning will not become popular. Too many people already find it difficult to live with themselves.
tiny.ag/fxwtpzmn · ★★☆☆ Fair (442 ratings) · submitted 1997
Math is like love -- a simple idea but it can get complicated.
tiny.ag/fed8pqej · ★★☆☆ Fair (1052 ratings) · submitted 1997 by David Epstein
Disorder increases with time because we measure time in the direction in which disorder increases.
tiny.ag/vcqklkqm · ★★☆☆ Fair (53 ratings) · submitted 1997
The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history.
tiny.ag/beioj52g · ★★☆☆ Fair (876 ratings) · submitted 1997
History has the relation to truth that theology has to religion -- i.e., none to speak of.
tiny.ag/pqsikg5n · ★★☆☆ Fair (398 ratings) · submitted 1997
Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do.
tiny.ag/wgyfgj8m · ★★☆☆ Fair (53 ratings) · submitted 1997
Wonder, rather than doubt, is the root of knowledge.
Abraham Heschel, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/ifr4pyih · ★★☆☆ Fair (52 ratings) · submitted 1997
Prophecy is many times the principal cause of the events foretold.
Thomas Hobbes, in Science and Religion and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/gv46ldbw · ★★☆☆ Fair (92 ratings) · submitted 1997
This sentence contradicts itself -- no actually it doesn't.
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