A Scientific Truth Does Not Triumph By

An Indispensable Hypothesis, Even Though Still Far From Being A Guarantee Of Success, Is However The Pursuit Of A Specific Aim, Whose Lighted Beacon, Even By Initial Failures, Is Not Betrayed.

I Regard Consciousness As Fundamental. I Regard Matter As Derivative From Consciousness. We Cannot Get Behind Consciousness. Everything That We Talk About, Everything That We Regard As Existing, Postulates Consciousness.

This Is One Of Man's Oldest Riddles. How Can The Independence Of Human Volition Be Harmonized With The Fact That We Are Integral Parts Of A Universe Which Is Subject To The Rigid Order Of Nature's Laws?

Science Enhances The Moral Value Of Life, Because It Furthers A Love Of Truth And Reverence-love Of Truth Displaying Itself In The Constant Endeavor To Arrive At A More Exact Knowledge Of The World Of Mind And Matter Around Us, And Reverence, Because Every Advance In Knowledge Brings Us Face To Face With The Mystery Of Our Own Being.

I Had Always Looked Upon The Search For The Absolute As The Noblest And Most Worth While Task Of Science.