Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Quotes

Anecdotal thinking comes naturally; science requires training.

If there is any consistent enemy of science, it is not religion, but irrationalism.

I believe that through its rational evaluation of truth and indifference to personal belief, science transcends religious and political divisions and so does bind us into a greater, more resilient whole.

Science is better than sympathy, if only it is science.

Scientific research can reduce superstition by encouraging people to think and view things in terms of cause and effect.

[I]t is truth alone-scientific, established, proved, and rational truth-which is capable of satisfying nowadays the awakened minds of all classes. We may still say perhaps, 'faith governs the world,'-but the faith of the present is no longer in revelation or in the priest-it is in reason and in science.

Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense.

The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification.

The good thing about science is that it is true whether or not you believe in it.

Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself.

Go with the science!.

Disregard belief systems that aren't based on empirical studies.

There is a fundamental difference between religion, which is based on authority, [and] science, which is based on observation and reason. Science will win because it works.

Science is not a body of facts. Science is a state of mind. It is a way of viewing the world, of facing reality square on but taking nothing on its face. It is about attacking a problem with the most manicured of claws and tearing it down into sensible, edible pieces.

Science is the tool of the Western mind and with it more doors can be opened than with bare hands.

Science is a way to call the bluff of those who only pretend to knowledge. It is a bulwark against mysticism, against superstition, against religion misapplied to where it has no business being.

I’m a skeptic not because I do not want to believe, but because I want to know. How can we tell the difference between what we would like to be true and what is actually true? The answer is science.

Reason is Life's sole arbiter, themagic Laby'rinth's single clue.

Science is a philosophy of discovery; intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance... Something fundamamental is going on in people's minds when they confront things they don't understnd.

Science and reason liberate us from the shackles of superstition by offering us a framework for understanding our shared humanity. Ultimately, we all have the capacity to treasure life and enrich the world in incalculable ways.

I maintain there is much more wonder in science than in pseudoscience. And in addition, to whatever measure this term has any meaning, science has the additional virtue, and it is not an inconsiderable one, of being true.

Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.

Science built the Academy, superstition the Inquisition.

It is in the best interests of civilization and our economy and our nation to understand what objective truths are as revealed by the methods and tools of science.

Practically, Science is true; and Faith is foolish.