Quotes by Heinz Pagels

• Stars are like animals in the wild. We may see the young but never the actual birth, which is a veiled and secret event.
• I like to browse in occult bookshops if for no other reason than to refresh my commitment to science.
• The world changed from having the determinism of a clock to having the contingency of a pinball machine.
• Science cannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame the debates about those conflicts.
• Science shows us what exists but not what to do about it.