Curiosity Is Its Own Reason.

We All Try To Escape Pain And Death, While We Seek What Is Pleasant.

Scientists Believe That Every Occurrence, Including The Affairs Of Human Beings, Is Due To The Laws Of Nature. Therefore A Scientist Cannot Be Inclined To Believe That The Course Of Events Can Be Influenced By Prayer, That Is, By A Supernaturally Manifested Wish.

Relativity Teaches Us The Connection Between The Different Descriptions Of One And The Same Reality.

Selection [of Un Delegates] By Governments Cannot Give The Peoples Of The World The Feeling Of Being Fairly And Proportionately Represented. The Moral Authority Of The Un Would Be Considerable Enhanced If The Delegates Were Elected Directly By The People. Were They Responsible To An Electorate, They Would Have Much More Freedom To Follow Their Consciences.

Belief In An External World Independent Of The Perceiving Subject Is The Basis Of All Natural Science.