Stars are like animals in the wild. We may see the very young but never their actual birth, which is a veiled and secret event.

Science is expanding, and with it our vision of the universe. although this new and constantly changing view may not always give us comfort, it does have the virtue of truth according to our most effective resources for acquiring knowledge. No philosophy, moral outlook, or religion can be inconsistent with the findings of science and hope to endure among educated people.

Our capacity for fulfillment can come only through faith and feelings. But our capacity for survival must come from reason and knowledge.

As I continued to fall into the dark void, embraced by the vault of the heavens, I sang to the beauty of the stars and made my peace with the darkness.

Possession of a program with unique analytic capabilities puts a scientist in as much of a priveleged position to make new discoveries as the possession of a powerful telescope.

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

While we can prove that almost all numbers in the continuum are random, we cannot prove that any specific number is indeed random.