The greatest scientists in history are great precisely because they broke with the consensus. There is no such thing as consensus science. If it's consensus, it isn't science. If it's science, it isn't consensus. Period.

I am certain there is too much certainty in the world.

One of the most difficult things for a writer in this business to accept is the uncertain fate of one's work.

Reality is always greater - much greater - than what we know, than whatever we can say about it.

Having wallowed in a delightful orgy of anti-French sentiment, having deplored and applauded the villains themselves, having relished the foibles of bankers, railwaymen, diplomats, and police, the public was now ready to see its faith restored in the basic soundness of banks, railroads, government, and police.

Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you're being had.

There isn't any delusion. It is absolutely clear that this body energy is a genuine phenomenon of some kind.