Because God is reflected in the world in which me made, in some sense, my scientific investigation has always supported my belief in God in a very real sense. It helps me to pray better.

I can't see for the life of me how an attempt to understand the universe, which I believe comes from God, can alienate us from God.

Neither of us can come to either a knowledge of God, or a denial of God by our scientific research.

Science is and should be seen as "completely neutral" on the issue of the theistic or atheistic implications of scientific results.

I have never come to know God, to see God, to believe in God through doing science. He's not the conclusion of some sort of process of my personal scientific investigation.

I think today the church faces a very real challenge in not repeating the errors of the past, in sort of a stand off, a fear of science.

I hope I'm not giving the impression of an ivory tower science, but for me science is an attempt to understand, it's an attempt to understand the universe.

Being a scientist helps to support both my life as a Jesuit and my belief in God.

Nothing we learn about the universe threatens our faith. It only enriches it.

The whole dimension of religious belief requires transcendence, it requires going beyond what you can establish rationally.

Doing science is not inherently incompatible with religious faith.

Your noble friend will not accept pretension but will gently and very firmly confront you with your own blindness. Such friendship is creative and critical

To talk of a modern work of art enduring is sillier than talking of the eternal values of Standard Oil.

Make your mark in the world with divine ink: love.

They soared past the dark shapes of animals, grazing in the fields."What are they?" she asked."Sheep, " Mason replied. "I once heard someone describe them as floating like clouds across the hills.

I finally decided one day, reading science fiction magazines of the time, I could do at least as well as some of these people are doing. So I finally made a serious effort.

I am not what I once was. [Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]

Most of us are frightened of dying because we don't know what it meant to live.We don't know how to live,therefore we don't know how to die

I like Jo Nesbo and Hakan Nesser. There are so many good books in the world. I don't want to spend time reading bad crime novels.

As for waxing, I've never waxed in my life and I never would. I'm extremely Welsh, so I draw the line at removing body hair.

To have the rewards that very few have, do the things that very few people are willing to do.