It could plausibly be argued that far from Christian theology having hampered the study of nature for fifteen hundred years, it was Greek corruptions of biblical Christianity which hampered it.

Outside the practice of science itself, scientists have sometimes been the greatest offenders in adhering to dogmatic ideas against all the evidence.

Where ignorance lurks, so too do the frontiers of discovery and imagination

Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.

Most damage that others do us is out of fear, humiliation and pain. Those feelings occur in all of us, not just in those of us who profess a certain religious or racial devotion.

The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body trembles, to strike when the body is angry, to drink when the body is thirsty.

Big business is willing to destroy the planet for short-term profits

I personally believe that professional athletes should give back to their communities in any way possible. We are in a position to make a difference.

Clary wondered what exactly peanut-fish-olive-tomato soup tasted like.

With one out in the first, Dave Roberts looks a lot better than the last time he pitched against the Padres!

I met Richard Burton, an RAF cadet on a two-term course. I would have flirted more enthusiastically if it had not been for the horrid boils on the back of his neck.

That's what I consider true generosity. You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.