Those [scientists] who dislike entertaining contradictory thoughts are unlikely to enrich their science with new ideas.

Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery that we are trying to solve.

Anybody who has been seriously engaged in scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science are written the words: 'Ye must have faith.'

A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.

All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force... We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent Mind. This Mind is the matrix of all matter.

There can never be any real opposition between religion and science; for the one is the complement of the other.

I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as a derivative of consciousness.

Every advance in knowledge brings us face to face with the mystery of our own being.

In all my research I have never come across matter. To me the term matter implies a bundle of energy which is given form by an intelligent spirit.

Thus, the photons which constitute a ray of light behave like intelligent human beings: out of all possible curves they always select the one which will take them most quickly to their goal.

The scientist needs an artistically creative imagination.

The oldest book I have is a treatise on architecture from the 17th century.

Those who never think of money need a great deal of it.

We need to find a balance between protecting our local economies while pursuing the longer-term goal of producing clean, affordable and reliable power.

Rascals are always sociable, more's the pity! and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the little pleasure he takes in others' company.

Thanks, but that's not going to fix anything. It's like putting a Band-Aid on a bullet wound.

Force ought to follow justice and not to precede.

If you’re not happy looking a knob in the face, there’s something wrong.

I shall be with Christ, and that is enough.

When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive.

Horror films do not prepare us for the hours lost in searching after one clear thought.