I have too many friends who tell me that they spend the first hour of every morning going through their e-mail messages. I’d like to use my time more carefully. Alan Lightman Read Quote
I oppose any belief that contradicts experimental evidence as determined by the methods of science. All beliefs not in such contradiction may be considered as faith. Whether faith in a particular belief is beneficial or not is another matter. Alan Lightman Read Quote
Except for a God who sits down after the universe begins, all other gods conflict with the assumptions of science. Alan Lightman Read Quote
As both a scientist and a humanist myself, I have struggled to understand different claims to knowledge, and I have eventually come to a formulation of the kind of religious belief that would, in my view, be compatible with science. Alan Lightman Read Quote
As a scientist, I don’t believe science will ever discover whether God exists. Nor do I believe religion will ever prove it. Alan Lightman Read Quote
Novels aren’t pedagogical instruments, or instructions in law or physics or any other discipline. A novel has to be an emotional experience, a trip of the imagination, and because science has raised so many issues that concern and affect humans, it’s a good starting place for me. Alan Lightman Read Quote
All writers have roots they draw from – travel, work, family. My roots are in science and it is fertile ground for fiction. Alan Lightman Read Quote
For me, consciousness is the most interesting unsolved problem of science, and, in fact, we may never know what it is about a particular arrangement of neurons that gives rise to consciousness. Our consciousness, like the air we breathe or like the passage of time, is central to our existence as intelligent beings. Alan Lightman Read Quote
I still will sit down at the piano and play when I am wrestling with something emotionally or just want to move into the musical world. Alan Lightman Read Quote
I think e-mail is representative of our fast food mentality in the United States, where everything has gotten faster and faster, and we’re required to respond to inputs more quickly with less time for thought and reflection. I believe that we need to slow down. Alan Lightman Read Quote
