Isidor Rabi Quotes

I'd be perfectly happy with a mathematically precise description of how time began. I see science and religion as being two completely different things. I don't see science as relevant to the question of whether or not there's a God.

People want to know about what's going on with what's in the universe, what are particles like, what are the basic rules of nature. It's a lot of curiosity out there.

Physicists have as their calling the answering of questions once thought to be unknowable.

I think I always wanted to go into physics. What always fascinated me about science was the desire to understand what underlies it all, and I think physics is basically the study of that.

At least this is the way I see it. I am a physicist. I also consider myself a Christian. As I try to understand the nature of our universe in these two modes of thinking, I see many commonalities and crossovers between science and religion. It seems logical that in the long run the two will even converge.

I believe in God the way I believe in quarks. People whose business it is to know about quantum physics or religion tell me they have good reason to believe that quarks and God exist. And they tell me that if I wanted to devote my life to learning what they've learned, I'd find quarks and God just like they did.

I thought physics could be done to the glory of God, till I saw there wasn’t any God at all and that physics was more interesting anyway. The Christian religion is a very powerful and convincing mistake, that’s all.

I think the driving thing was curiosity about the universe. That fascinated me. I didn't think anything about being famous or anything like that, I was just interested in the concepts involved.

Since I was an atheist for many years and came to believe in God through my studies in science, it frustrated me to see students and parents who viewed faith and science as enemies.

A physicist is just an atom's way of looking at itself.

People think of science as rolling back the mystery of God. I look at science as slowly creeping toward the mystery of God.

From the dawn of history, science has probed the universe of unknowns, searching for the uniting laws of nature.

Truth is I don't think God on a daily basis. I think politics, science.

Is the universe 'elegant,' as Brian Greene tells us? Not as far as I can tell, not the usual laws of particle physics, anyway. I think I might find the universal principles of String Theory most elegant - if I only knew what they were.

There's no way that scientists can ever rule out religion, or even have anything significant to say about the abstract idea of a divine creator.

Ever since I was young, I was always interested in exploring spirituality. I know that there are many paths to God, there is not just one path.

The more thoroughly I conduct scientific research, the more I believe that science excludes atheism.

What people are really after is, what is my stance on religion or spirituality or God? And I would say, if I find a word that came closest, it would be agnostic.

Through history, people look for something spiritual. The greatest scientists in the world were men of religion and faith, too.

I think science is about the search for God; it just comes at it from a different angle than religion.

If God is the mystery of the universe, these mysteries, we're tackling these mysteries one by one. If you're going to stay religious at the end of the conversation, God has to mean more to you than just where science has yet to tread.

God may exist, but science can explain the universe without the need for a creator.

Scientology is not written with disrespect toward God. It doesn't worship something that is evil. It is scientific, mathematical, and spiritual. The black community has to check it out and see what's there. I'm not saying it's for everyone, but you have to take a look.

I'm not a religious person by any means. But I'm curious.