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Science and religion15 quotes
Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat. — John Morley · 1872For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries. — Robert Jastrow · 1978Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition. — Adam Smith · 1776Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion. — Isaac Newton · 1702The new philosophy proceeds from the world, the book of God. — Tommaso Campanella · 1622In a few hundred years, science has taken us farther in understanding the universe, than religion has in 10,000. — Santosh Patel · 2012All 15 quotes →Science7 quotes
Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition. — Adam Smith · 1776In a few hundred years, science has taken us farther in understanding the universe, than religion has in 10,000. — Santosh Patel · 2012From religion comes a man's purpose; from science his power to achieve it. — William Henry Bragg · 1920There are reverent minds who ceaselessly scan the fields of Nature and the books of Science in search for gaps-gaps which they will fill up with God. As if God lived in gaps? — Henry Drummond · 1894Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. — Albert Einstein · 1940In disputes about natural phenomena one must begin not with the authority of Scriptural passage but with sensory experience and necessary demonstrations. For the Holy Scripture and nature derive equally from the Godhead, the former as the dictation of the Holy Spirit and the latter as the most obedient executrix of God's orders. — Galileo Galilei · 1615All 7 quotes →Religion4 quotes
In a few hundred years, science has taken us farther in understanding the universe, than religion has in 10,000. — Santosh Patel · 2012From religion comes a man's purpose; from science his power to achieve it. — William Henry Bragg · 1920There are reverent minds who ceaselessly scan the fields of Nature and the books of Science in search for gaps-gaps which they will fill up with God. As if God lived in gaps? — Henry Drummond · 1894Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. — Albert Einstein · 1940God3 quotes
Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion. — Isaac Newton · 1702There are reverent minds who ceaselessly scan the fields of Nature and the books of Science in search for gaps-gaps which they will fill up with God. As if God lived in gaps? — Henry Drummond · 1894Operationally, God is beginning to resemble not a ruler but the last fading smile of a cosmic Cheshire cat. — Julian Huxley · 1927Existence of God2 quotes
Operationally, God is beginning to resemble not a ruler but the last fading smile of a cosmic Cheshire cat. — Julian Huxley · 1927If ignorance of nature gave birth to the Gods, knowledge of nature is destined to destroy them. — Baron d'Holbach · 1770God of the gaps2 quotes
There are reverent minds who ceaselessly scan the fields of Nature and the books of Science in search for gaps-gaps which they will fill up with God. As if God lived in gaps? — Henry Drummond · 1894Operationally, God is beginning to resemble not a ruler but the last fading smile of a cosmic Cheshire cat. — Julian Huxley · 1927Evolution1 quote
Not in innocence, and not in Asia, was mankind born. — Robert Ardrey · 1961Gravity1 quote
Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion. — Isaac Newton · 1702Human origins1 quote
Not in innocence, and not in Asia, was mankind born. — Robert Ardrey · 1961Myth1 quote
Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths. — Karl Popper · 1957Nature1 quote
In disputes about natural phenomena one must begin not with the authority of Scriptural passage but with sensory experience and necessary demonstrations. For the Holy Scripture and nature derive equally from the Godhead, the former as the dictation of the Holy Spirit and the latter as the most obedient executrix of God's orders. — Galileo Galilei · 1615Nature of God1 quote
Operationally, God is beginning to resemble not a ruler but the last fading smile of a cosmic Cheshire cat. — Julian Huxley · 1927Origin of the universe1 quote
Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion. — Isaac Newton · 1702Purpose of religion1 quote
From religion comes a man's purpose; from science his power to achieve it. — William Henry Bragg · 1920Purpose of science1 quote
From religion comes a man's purpose; from science his power to achieve it. — William Henry Bragg · 1920Scientific method1 quote
In disputes about natural phenomena one must begin not with the authority of Scriptural passage but with sensory experience and necessary demonstrations. For the Holy Scripture and nature derive equally from the Godhead, the former as the dictation of the Holy Spirit and the latter as the most obedient executrix of God's orders. — Galileo Galilei · 1615