How unfortunate for mankind that the Lord is reported by Holy Writ as having said 'Vengeance is mine!'

If I am to be remembered, I hope it will not be primarily for my specialized scientific work, but as a generalist; one to whom, enlarging Terence's words, nothing human and nothing in external nature was alien.

Evolution... is the most powerful and the most comprehensive idea that has ever arisen on Earth.

The sense of spiritual relief which comes from rejecting the idea of God as a supernatural being is enormous.

The god hypothesis is no longer of any pragmatic value for the interpretation or comprehension of nature, and indeed often stands in the way of better and truer interpretation. Operationally, God is beginning to resemble not a ruler, but the last fading smile of a cosmic Cheshire Cat.

The human race will be the cancer of the planet.

Darwinism removed the whole idea of God as the creator from the sphere of rational discussion.