The Human Baby, The Human Being, Is

The Symbol And The Metaphor Are As Necessary To Science As To Poetry.

Man Is Unique Not Because He Does Science, And His Is Unique Not Because He Does Art, But Because Science And Art Equally Are Expressions Of His Marvelous Plasticity Of Mind.

Ask An Impertinent Question And You Are On The Way To The Pertinent Answer.

There Are Three Creative Ideas Which, Each In Its Turn, Have Been Central To Science. They Are The Idea Of Order, The Idea Of Causes, And The Idea Of Chance.

By The Worldly Standards Of Public Life, All Scholars In Their Work Are Of Course Oddly Virtuous. They Do Not Make Wild Claims, They Do Not Cheat, They Do Not Try To Persuade At Any Cost, They Appeal Neither To Prejudice Nor To Authority . . .