Steven Weinberg

"Science has been successful not because it's infallible, but because it's self-correcting."

"What I find remarkable is that even the simplest laws of nature have a mathematical structure of extraordinary complexity."

"One does not need to know how a bird flies in order to know that it flies."

"The more I study the universe, the more remarkable I find it."

"I don't see how you can have a creative role for God in the scientific sense while maintaining that science operates according to natural laws."

"The aim of science is not just to describe nature but to understand it."

"There is nothing about quantum mechanics that requires consciousness."

"I think the very fact that there is evil in the world is the best evidence that there is no God."

"Once you realize that the laws of physics apply everywhere, you can see that time is just another dimension."

"The universe does not owe us a purpose; we must create our own."

"In science, you can make wonderful discoveries by simply asking questions."

"We are like flies walking on the surface of an ordinary object - we don't perceive its true nature."

"I cannot imagine how anything could be more important than understanding the world in which we live."

"The history of science is a history of the successive enlargement of human experience and the corresponding enlargement of the scope of natural laws."

"Much of what science teaches about the nature of the world does indeed conflict with what most people were taught in church."

"Tradition has been the guide of my life because it has kept me from making mistakes."

"Science teaches us to accept the evidence even when we don't like it."

"The discovery of a new particle or force is important only insofar as it fills a gap in our understanding."

"We are all connected to the physical world through the laws of nature."

"I have enormous admiration for the accomplishments of science, but I also recognize its limits."

"The universe is not only queerer than we suppose, it is queerer than we can suppose."

"Physics is the foundation for understanding reality."

"To do great science, you need to be willing to question everything."

"The most fundamental discovery is that the universe operates according to mathematical principles."

"I believe that the deepest principle of the universe is simplicity."

"We are all made of the same atoms that make up stars and galaxies."

"The idea of God is the grandest hypothesis in the history of thought, but it is not necessary to explain the universe."

"Science has given us the power to destroy ourselves, and now we must develop the wisdom not to."

"Without science, I would be lost in a meaningless universe."

"The beauty of nature lies in its mathematical elegance."