It's not at all a bad idea for scientific questions to be chosen because a democratic deliberation would identify them as important for people's lives.

It's a very bad idea for scientific conclusions to be accepted because they fit with the political values of a group of researchers.

I believe that the arts make indispensable contributions to our understanding.

I'm very suspicious of the idea of a "final theory" in natural science, and the thought of a complete system of ethical rules seems even more dubious.

Philosophers ought to aspire to know lots of different things and to forge useful synthetic perspectives.

It may be hyperbolic to declare that Shakespeare teaches us more about being human than all the natural scientists combined.

The "little theme" from Vinteuil, heard by Swann as emblematic of his love for Odette, remains a point of reference for him, as the character of that love changes and as the love eventually fades.

Science literacy consists in the ability and the desire to follow reports of new scientific advances, throughout your whole life.

The theory of evolution explains to us what our ancestry has been. It does not explain away our worth. Why should we be afraid to learn more about what we are?

In ethics, we don't make progress by discovering pre-existent truths; we do so by solving problems.

The point of philosophy, as I see it, is to change thinking, and thereby to change the conversation.

You just don’t allow time to while away but you take hold of time and make a demand on it to bring forth offspring.

God´s love proves God´s rightousness.

I could feel the tears brimming and sloshing in me like water in a glass that is unsteady and too full.

GOD Doesn't Follow Your Timetable... And You Will Never Know His Timetable.

I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship.

Everyday, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it.

A man can reach into anything and turn it to his cause. It's not want, or desire, just certainty. Only be assured that whatever you reach into will reach into you in turn.

Whatever you're ready for is ready for you.

To be honest, I couldn't hold a conversation with anybody in any language other than English - and that's a struggle sometimes!

Passion is like genius: a miracle.