H. L. Mencken on science

No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.

Religion is fundamentally opposed to everything I hold in veneration⁠—courage, clear thinking, honesty, fairness, and, above all, love of the truth.

We must repsect the other fellow’s religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children are smart.

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

Albert Einstein1879–1955Science and Religion (1941)

• Religion

Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that’s not why we do it.

Richard Feynman1918–1988

• Sex

The more I study science, the more I believe in God.

Albert Einstein1879–1955

• God