Better by far to embrace the hard truth than a reassuring fable. If we crave some cosmic purpose, then let us find ourselves a worthy goal.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.

I don't want to believe. I want to know.

The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.

The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.

For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.

You have to know the past to understand the present.

I sprayed my dog with off and he still sits in my favorite chair!!

Catch the good point and appreciate it.

If the path is beautiful, all you have to do when walking in that path is to be beautiful so as to not ruin the beauty of the path!

A right is not what someone gives you

A master of improvised speech and improvised policies.

I would like for my books to have been recognized posthumously, at least in capitalist countries, where they turn you into a kind of merchandise.

Oh, there you are, Albus,' he said. 'You've been a very long time. Upset stomach?' 'No, I was merely reading the Muggle magazines,' said Dumbledore. 'I do love knitting patterns.

Be demanding of the world around you; be demanding first of all with yourselves. Be children of God; take pride in it!

Sometimes its necessary to embrace the magic, to find out what's real in life, and in one's own heart.

There were a lot of things happen in the mid-'80's that all of a sudden made it possible to do a lot of very quick interactive music.