truth Quotes

The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order, which may or may not be divinely inspired.

Science is increasingly answering questions that used to be the province of religion.

I believe the universe is governed by the laws of science. The laws may have been decreed by God, but God does not intervene to break the laws.

A few years ago, the city council of Monza, Italy, barred pet owners from keeping goldfish in curved bowls... saying that it is cruel to keep a fish in a bowl with curved sides because, gazing out, the fish would have a distorted view of reality. But how do we know we have the true, undistorted picture of reality?

If you believe in science, like I do, you believe that there are certain laws that are always obeyed.

One cannot really argue with a mathematical theorem.

There is no unique picture of reality.

It is a great advantage for a system of philosophy to be substantially true.

The facts of life are that a child who has seen war cannot be compared with a child who doesn't know what war is except from television.

The misconception that aid falls straight into the hands of dictators largely stems from the Cold War era.