Freeman Dyson

"As I grow older I'm convinced that climate change and the population crisis are not separate problems."

"It is irresponsible for an educated person to profess to believe in the literal truth of everything in the Bible."

"I think that if and when the existing governments are superseded, they should be superseded by something better."

"The unfashionable word is often the most truthful."

"Nature in all its forms is admirable and worthy of study."

"I have been convinced more and more that education is the fundamental weapon for promoting peace."

"We are privileged to live at a time when the boundaries of human knowledge are expanding rapidly."

"The butterfly can be said to be exploring the flowers, or one can say the flowers have evolved to attract the butterfly."

"I believe that some part of human nature is not the product of evolution."

"Mathematics is the language in which God wrote the world."

"The separation between science and technology is becoming increasingly blurred."

"When you are young and ambitious, you look for great opportunities and take big risks."

"I find it remarkable that many people are willing to believe in events that are inherently improbable."

"The present crisis in fundamental physics is not a crisis of ideas but a crisis of manpower."

"We have a moral obligation to use our intelligence to understand the world and improve it."

"Humanity looks to the stars and asks profound questions about existence and meaning."

"I was taught as a young man that to do successful research you need not be particularly clever."

"The marriage of art and science is one of the beautiful partnerships of human culture."

"People need to understand that the future is not predetermined."

"Computers are not intelligent; they only follow instructions."

"The laws of nature are written in mathematical language, but God has a sense of humor."

"I think the most important thing for a scientist is to maintain intellectual honesty."

"The universe has a wide range of possibilities and we should explore them all."

"I believe that any educated person should be able to draw a diagram."

"Science fiction is not really about predicting the future; it's about preparing for it."

"The ability to think outside the box is more important than knowing all the facts."

"We must learn to live with uncertainty and accept that many things cannot be known."

"The greatest discoveries often come from combining ideas from different fields."

"I have always believed that the best way to learn is by doing."

"Nature is inexhaustibly rich and we have only scratched the surface of understanding it."