It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics: you are all stardust.

The lack of understanding of something is not evidence for God. It's evidence of a lack of understanding.

The purpose of education is not to validate ignorance but to overcome it.

I like to say that while antimatter may seem strange, it is strange in the sense that Belgians are strange. They are not really strange; it is just that one rarely meets them.

Without science, everything is a miracle.

As a scientist, I don't believe anything. Science shouldn't use the word belief. There are things more likely and less likely. Science can say nothing with absolute certainty.

[The writers of the holy books] did not even know the earth revolves around the sun. Why are we listening?

Forget Jesus. The stars died so that you could be here today.

Keeping religion immune from criticism is both unwarranted and dangerous.

Whatever the evolutionary basis of religion, the xenophobia it now generates is clearly maladaptive.

It is a shame when nonsense can substitute for fact with impunity.

Love is just a word for him, where she means a world to him!

Seek Unity and you will find neither Unity nor Truth.Seek the light of truth, and you will find Unity and Truth.

In good old Colonial Dunsboro, masochism is a valuable job skill. It is in most jobs.

Count your blessings - not your troubles.

Change happens when one individual has had enough pain and finds the inner resolve to ask for help and make a difference.

Imagination and faith are the secrets of creation.

Public commentary absolutely influences my work.

Touching His human nature, Jesus is no longer present with us. Touching his Divine nature, He is never absent from us.

With each step I take, I see that my ability to perform gets a little better. So until it starts getting worse, I'm going to keep moving forward.

I just sort of follow my bliss, so to speak, and then I see where that takes me.