“There exists indeed an opposition to it [ building of UVA, Jefferson's secular college ] by the friends of William and Mary,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Since science and religion provide two different perspectives on the human situation, they must ultimately be able to be reconciled. — Jeremy Griffith Copy Share Image
“They say that Caliph Omar, when consulted about what had to be done with the library of Alexandria, answered as follows: 'If… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion go hand in hand. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“BioLogos claims there is no conflict between the theory of evolution and creationism. Huh? Here is where the creationists seem to have… — G.M. Jackson Copy Share Image
“The Christians who engaged in infamous persecutions and shameful inquisitions were not evil men but misguided men. The churchmen who felt they… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
“Science and Spirituality are two ends and you have to keep yourself at the middle. Science guys will call it, equilibrium.” — Prerak Trivedi Copy Share Image
“...Turn our thoughts, in the next place, to the characters of learned men. The priesthood have, in all ancient nations, nearly monopolized… — John Adams Copy Share Image
In my view, all that is necessary for faith is the belief that by doing our best we shall succeed in our… — Rosalind Franklin Copy Share Image
“Tactile receptors weren't needed to experience pain. Tone of voice transported those spores just as easily.” — Clyde Dsouza Copy Share Image
“I think that when you consider the beauty of the world and you wonder how it came to be what it is,… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“According to Teleology, each organism is like a rifle bullet fired straight at a mark; according to Darwin , organisms are like… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share Image
“Humans may crave absolute certainty; they may aspire to it; they may pretend, as partisans of certain religions do, to have attained… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“Thus identified with astronomy, in proclaiming truths supposed to be hostile to Scripture, Geology has been denounced as the enemy of religion.… — David Brewster Copy Share Image
Ignorance is hardly unusual, Miss Davar. The longer I live, the more I come to realize that it is the natural state… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Ann Druyan suggests an experiment: Look back again at the pale blue dot of the preceding chapter. Take a good long look… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
The Church has opposed every innovation and discovery from the day of Galileo down to our own time, when the use of… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“I don't argue things being spiritual vs scientific, because I've never met anyone who knows enough about either to be convincing--including myself.” — S. Kelley Harrell Copy Share Image
“The visage of Lucifer mushroomed into hideousness above the cloudbank, rising slowly like some titan climbing to its feet after ages of… — Walter M. Miller Jr Copy Share Image
“Scientists gladly accept any new truth demonstrated by evidence, that is, proved by the very law of the cosmos. Not so with… — Luther Burbank Copy Share Image
“Perhaps religion provides the justification for wars, but science provides the weapons.” — James Rozoff Copy Share Image
“It is my opinion that education is a key component to peace and progress. Despite their arrogant claims to have all the… — Tommy Rodriguez Copy Share Image
“The soul is a mystery. Scientists and Theologians constantly butt heads on the soul’s definitive and can’t come to grips with its… — H.D. Rennerfeldt Copy Share Image
“As for karma itself, it is apparently only that which binds "jiva" (sentience, life, spirit, etc.) with "ajiva" (the lifeless, material aspect… — Mark X Copy Share Image