In complexity, it is only simplicity that can be interesting.

With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.

A physicist friend of mine once said that in facing death, he drew some consolation from the reflection that he would never again have to look up the word "hermeneutics" in the dictionary.

It does not matter whether you win or lose, what matters is whether I win or lose!

Science doesn't make it impossible to believe in God, it just makes it possible not to believe in God

All logical arguments can be defeated by the simple refusal to reason logically

I think one of the great historical contributions of science is to weaken the hold of religion. That's a good thing.

Anything that we scientists can do to weaken the hold of religion, should be done and may, in fact, in the end, be our greatest contribution to civilization.

This is one of the great social functions of science - to free people from superstition

The whole history of the last thousands of years has been a history of religious persecutions and wars, pogroms, jihads, crusades. I find it all very regrettable, to say the least.

If there is a God that has special plans for humans, then He has taken very great pains to hide His concern for us. To me it would seem impolite if not impious to bother such a God with our prayers.

I am touched that you are trying to comprehend me. A friend could not be more loving.

I live in the realm of love and light.

I don't see how you mortals do it, these feelings you must endure. they will ruin you in the end.

With the introduction of agriculture mankind entered upon a long period of meanness, misery, and madness, from which they are only now being freed by the beneficent operation of the machine.

My impression, is that prayer is one of the most basic forms of magic. That it's harnessing the powers of your mind

I started noticing a lot of big companies are bored with ads; they feel sort of lost in the advertising world. They're not into magazines anymore.

Women don't like men who know they're good looking. They'd much prefer a man who doesn't know he's good looking.

I just love doing costume dramas; I am very lucky, as I see myself as a part-time time traveller.

Self-doubt is a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Every moment is an eternity in itself. Bliss is the present moment and each and everyone of us needs to understand this.