“Thus, from the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object which we are capable of conceiving, namely, the production of the higher animals, directly follows. There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.” Charles Darwin

“We are analog beings living in a digital world, facing a quantum future.” Neil Turok

“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.” Albert Einstein

“Nothing is too wonderful to be true if it be consistent with the laws of nature.” Michael Faraday

It seems plain and self-evident, yet it needs do be said: the isolated knowledge obtained by a group of specialists in a narrow field has in itself no value whatsoever, but only in its synthesis with all the rest of knowledge and only inasmuch as it really contributes in the synthesis toward answering the demand, “Who are we?”. Erwin Schrödinger

“The history of science, like the history of all human ideas, is a history of irresponsible dreams, of obstinacy, and of error. But science is one of the very few human activities — perhaps the only one — in which errors are systematically criticized and fairly often, in time, corrected. This is why we can say that, in science, we often learn from our mistakes, and why we can speak clearly and sensibly about making progress there.” Karl Popper

“Science is communicated to the public typically through the lens of discovery, but in fact, science is a process, science is what you do in the lab, science is the wiring of your brain and how you look at the world because of that wiring. It’s is not just an answer, it is a process. …And you need to learn to love the questions themselves …And when you do, the Universe is yours.” Neil deGrasse Tyson

“Thoroughly conscious ignorance is the prelude to every real advance in science.” James Clerk Maxwell

“To use Newton’s words, our efforts up till this moment have but turned over a pebble or shell here and there on the beach, with only a forlorn hope that under one of them was the gem we were seeking. Now we have the sieve, the minds, the hands, the time, and, particularly, the dedication to find those gems—no matter in which favorite hiding place the children of distant worlds have placed them.” Frank Drake

“A universe without purpose should neither depress us nor suggest that our lives are purposeless. Through an awe-inspiring cosmic history we find ourselves on this remote planet in a remote corner of the universe, endowed with intelligence and self-awareness. We should not despair, but should humbly rejoice in making the most of these gifts, and celebrate our brief moment in the sun.” Lawrence Krauss

“The human mind seeks explanations; and now that we know how to find them, we are not going to stop voluntarily.” David Deutsch

“Physics isn’t the most important thing. Love is.” Richard Feynman