That enormously complex biological interactions are so flawlessly coordinated as to result in such obvious manifestations as human thought or the electrical activity that dries the heartbeat is as exciting to me -- actually more exciting -- than such phenomena were when I was a small boy and thought them divinely (in the supernatural sense) driven.
Sherwin B. NulandTags: science biology spirtuality
And although I have seen nothing but black crows in my life, it doesn't mean that there's no such thing as a white crow. Both for a philosopher and for a scientist it can be important not to reject the possibility of finding a white crow. You might almost say that hunting for 'the white crow' is science's principal task.
Jostein GaarderTags: science philosophy epistemology
That's the whole problem with science. You've got a bunch of empiricists trying to describe things of unimaginable wonder.
Bill WattersonTags: science wonder empiricists
If you are searching for sacred knowledge and not just a palliative for your fears, then you will train yourself to be a good skeptic.
Ann DruyanTags: science skepticism theology druyan positivism sagan
And what greater might do we possess as human beings than our capacity to question and to learn?
Ann DruyanTags: science inspirational theology thought-provoking ann-druyan carl-sagan
Revere those things beyond science which really matter and about which it is so difficult to speak.
Werner HeisenbergTags: science
Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments.
Isaac AsimovTags: science philosophy
Wonder is the seed of knowledge
Francis BaconTags: science
God creates dinosaurs, God kills dinosaurs, God creates man, man kills God, man brings back dinosaurs.
Michael CrichtonTags: science
The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
SocratesTags: science inspirational truth
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