12 quotes
Quantum theory is now discussing instantaneous connections between two entangled quantum objects such as electrons.
Life Itself : A Memoir (2011)
We must try to contribute joy to the world.
Life Itself : A Memoir (2011)
All I require of a religion is that it be tolerant of those who do not agree with it.
Life Itself : A Memoir (2011)
I am more content with questions than answers.
Life Itself : A Memoir (2011)
"Kindness" covers all of my political beliefs.
Life Itself : A Memoir (2011)
I prefer vertical prayer, directed up toward heaven, rather than horizontal prayer, directed sideways toward me.
Life Itself : A Memoir (2011)
I believe that if, at the end, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do.
Life Itself : A Memoir (2011)
Many readers have informed me that it is a tragic and dreary business to go into death without faith. I don’t feel that way. “Faith” is neutral. All depends on what is believed in.
Life Itself : A Memoir (2011)
I am wary of zealotry; even as a child I was suspicious of those who, as I often heard, were “more Catholic than the pope.” If we are to love our neighbors as ourselves, we must regard their beliefs with the same respect our own deserve.
Life Itself : A Memoir (2011)
I don’t want to provide a category that people can apply to me. Those who say that “believer” and “atheist” are concrete categories do violence to the mystery we must be humble enough to confess. I would not want my convictions reduced to a word.
Life Itself : A Memoir (2011)
Absolutists frighten me. During all the endless discussions on my blog about evolution, intelligent design, God, and the afterworld, numbering altogether thousands of comments, I have never named my beliefs, although readers have freely informed me that I am an atheist, and agnostic, or at the very least a secular humanist — which I am.
Life Itself : A Memoir (2011)
Catholicism made me a humanist before I knew the word. When people rail against “secular humanism,” I want to ask them if humanism itself would be okay with them if it wasn’t so secular. Then I want to ask, “Why do you think it is secular?” This would lead to my opinion that their beliefs were not humanist.
Life Itself : A Memoir (2011)