Traditions are neither good nor bad, they simply are... Rationality is not an arbiter of traditions, it is itself a tradition or an aspect of a tradition.

Given any rule, however �fundamental� or �necessary� for science, there are always circumstances when it is advisable not only to ignore the rule, but to adopt its opposite.

The only absolute truth is that there are no absolute truths.

The separation of state and church must be complemented by the separation of state and science, that most recent, most aggressive, and most dogmatic religious institution.

Arguments hardly affect the faithful- their beliefs have an entirely different foundation.

My intention is not to replace one set of general rules by another such set: my intention is, rather, to convince the reader that all methodologies, even the most obvious ones, have their limits.

Teachers' using grades and the fear of failure mould the brains of the young until they have lost every ounce of imagination they might once have possessed.

No single theory ever agrees with all the facts in its domain

Early Chinese thinkers had taken variety at face value. They had favored diversification and collected anomalies instead of trying to explain them away.

Taking experimental results and observations for granted and putting the burden of proof on the theory means taking the observational ideology for granted without having ever examined it.

Ultimate Reality, if such an entity can be postulated, is ineffable.

A human being fashions his consequences as surely as he fashions his goods or his dwelling. Nothing that he says thinks or does is without consequences.

Wisdom comes from within. Knowledge is acquired and can sometimes put a screen on your wisdom.

There is a document in every novel in the world. Even in the most fantastic novel, even in science fiction, there is a documentary side. But, this side is not the crux of the matter.

As image and apprehension are in organic unity, so, for a Christian, are human body and human soul.

Nature isn't positive in that way. It doesn't aim itself at you. It's not being unkind to you.

The artist seeks to record his awareness of order in life.

The principal activities of brains are making changes in themselves.

I should have been much more responsible in how I handled myself and for that am sorry.

I thought that if you come across as a freak, there will be some kind of distance. Maybe the distance became excessive. I realized that people were afraid of me without knowing me.

For no change comes calmly over the world.