Science is built up of facts, as a house is built of stones; but an accumulation of facts is no read more

Science is built up of facts, as a house is built of stones; but an accumulation of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house

Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.

Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.

Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that read more

Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that forever grows one step richer and subtler than our latest theory about it. It is about reverence, not mastery.

Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control.

Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control.

Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark of true science.

Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark of true science.

Art is meant to upset people, science reassures them.

Art is meant to upset people, science reassures them.

If I could remember the names of all these particles I'd be a
botanist.

If I could remember the names of all these particles I'd be a
botanist.

The essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are
on the way to a pertinent answer.

The essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are
on the way to a pertinent answer.

For science is . . . like virtue, its own exceeding great reward.

For science is . . . like virtue, its own exceeding great reward.