Francis the Driver: Because I'll do anything. Like, literally, *fucking* anything! Name it. Name it!
Nature is based on harmony. So it says if we want to survive and become more like nature, then we actually have to understand that it's cooperation versus competition.
All too often, the word 'religion' has become identified with those promoting a frankly anti-scientific view of nature and of our place in the natural world.
To be misunderstood can be the writer's punishment for having disturbed the reader's peace. The greater the disturbance, the greater the possibility of misunderstanding.
There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body.
Where I once constantly lost my temper, I found myself arriving at a crisis and experiencing peace.
The stability and peace which seemed to be so firmly established by the brilliant monarchy of Francis I vanished with the terrible outbreak of the Wars of Religion.
Pastors have historically understood their primary battle to be not the battle to build a big church, but the battle against the power of sin.
Every time you don't follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness.
I firmly believe that the mission of religion in the 21st century must be to contribute concretely to the peaceful coexistence of humankind.
But even in the Christian religion, much of its real meaning is hidden by words that are misleading and symbols that but few understand.
It is an interesting and demonstrable fact, that all children are atheists and were religion not inculcated into their minds, they would remain so.
The enemy of science is not religion. Religion comes in endless shapes and forms... The true enemy is the substitution of thought, reflection, and curiosity with dogma.
In science, a healthy skepticism is a professional necessity, whereas in religion, having belief without evidence is regarded as a virtue.
The First Amendment only says 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.' It can disrespect all it wants.
In both religion and science, some people are dishonest, exploitative, incompetent and exhibit other human failings.
The first guy who came up with the concept of religion was sitting out under a tree. I'm sure of that.
There used to be a time - it isn't so much the case now - that vegetarianism was some kind of religion, and either you belong or you don't belong.
To be frank, I suspect that today there is little respect for Christianity as source of moral teaching about goodness.
Scientists generally are really chicken about getting involved in some kind of dispute. As a broadcaster, I find it very difficult to urge them, if it is a controversial subject. They don't want to have science being portrayed badly.
As a microbiologist, I am particularly concerned with Mr. Bush's blatant disregard for science.