There's no point of having faith if you have evidence.

Even if there were no actual evidence in favor of the Darwinian theory, we should still be justified in preferring it over all rival theories.

The solution often turns out more beautiful than the puzzle.

Religions do make claims about the universe--the same kinds of claims that scientists make, except they're usually false.

My objection to supernatural beliefs is precisely that they miserably fail to do justice to the sublime grandeur of the real world. They represent a narrowing-down from reality, an impoverishment of what the real world has to offer.

I think I would abolish schools which systematically inculcate sectarian beliefs.

If there is something that appears to lie beyond the natural world as it is now imperfectly understood, we hope to eventually understand it and embrace it within the natural. As ever when we unweave a rainbow, it will not become less wonderful.