The values by which we are to survive are not rules for just and unjust conduct, but are those deeper illuminations in whose light justice and injustice, good and evil, means and ends are seen in fearful sharpness of outline.

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Man is unique not because he does science, and his is unique not because he...

Man is unique not because he does science, and his is unique not because he...

Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a...

Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a...

It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must...

It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must...

The world is made up of people who never quite get into the first team...

The world is made up of people who never quite get into the first team...

Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.

Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.

We are all afraid for our confidence, for the future, for the world. That is...

We are all afraid for our confidence, for the future, for the world. That is...

Every animal leaves traces of what it was; man alone leaves traces of what he...

Every animal leaves traces of what it was; man alone leaves traces of what he...

The most wonderful discovery made by scientists is science itself.

The most wonderful discovery made by scientists is science itself.

Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded...

Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded...

A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge.

A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge.

No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.

No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure...

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure...

Einstein was a man who could ask immensely simple questions. And what his work showed...

Einstein was a man who could ask immensely simple questions. And what his work showed...

Power is the by-product of understanding.

Power is the by-product of understanding.

Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a...

Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a...

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation.

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation.

The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the...

The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the...

You will die but the carbon will not; its career does not end with you....

You will die but the carbon will not; its career does not end with you....

Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of...

Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of...

That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the...

That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the...