Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.

That we can now think of no mechanism for astrology is relevant but unconvincing. No mechanism was known, for example, for continental drift when it was proposed by Wegener. Nevertheless, we see that Wegener was right, and those who objected on the grounds of unavailable mechanism were wrong.

The passion to explore is at the heart of being human.

I believe our future depends powerfully on how well we understand this cosmos in which we float, like a mote of dust in the morning sky.

.. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and in triumph they could become the 'Momentary' masters of a 'Fraction' of a 'Dot'

My deeply held belief is that if a god of anything like the traditional sort exists, our curiosity and intelligence is provided by such a God. We would be unappreciative of that gift if we suppressed our passion to explore the universe and ourselves.

Except for fools and madmen, everyone knows that nuclear war would he an unprecedented human catastrophe.