Science when well digested is nothing but good sense and reason.

Science when well digested is nothing but good sense and reason.

It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on
the human mind it has overcome man's read more

It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on
the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity before himself
and before nature.

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

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

My feeling is religious insofar as I am imbued with the consciousness of the insufficiency of the human mind to read more

My feeling is religious insofar as I am imbued with the consciousness of the insufficiency of the human mind to understand more deeply the harmony of the Universe which we try to formulate as "laws of nature

What we might call, by way of Eminence, the Dismal Science.

What we might call, by way of Eminence, the Dismal Science.

If a scientist were to cut his ear off, no one would take it as
evidence of a heightened read more

If a scientist were to cut his ear off, no one would take it as
evidence of a heightened sensibility.

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 cannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame the debates about those conflicts.

Science cannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame the debates about those conflicts.

O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding
profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science read more

O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding
profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so
called;
Which some professing have erred concerning faith. Grace be with
thee. Amen.