Steven Weinberg

Anything that we scientists can do to weaken the hold of religion, should be done and may, in fact, in the end, be our greatest contribution to civilization.

Steven Weinberg

As is natural for an academic, when I want to learn about something, I volunteer to teach a course on the subject.

Steven Weinberg

As you learn more and more about the irrelevance of human life to the general mechanism of the universe, the idea of an interested god, becomes increasingly implausible.

Steven Weinberg

But every once in a while someone finds a way of explaining some phenomenon that fits so well and clarifies so much that it gives the finder intense satisfaction, especially when the new understanding is quantitative, and observation bears it out in detail.

Steven Weinberg

Elementary particles are terribly boring, which is one reason why we’re so interested in them.

Steven Weinberg

Even in the dark times between experimental breakthroughs, there always continues a steady evolution of theoretical ideas, leading almost imperceptibly to changes in previous beliefs.

Steven Weinberg

For good people to do evil things, it takes religion.

Steven Weinberg

I don’t need to argue here that the evil in the world proves that the universe is not designed, but only that there are no signs of benevolence that might have shown the hand of a designer.

Steven Weinberg

I enjoy being at a meeting that doesn’t start with an invocation!

Steven Weinberg

I think one of the great historical contributions of science is to weaken the hold of religion. That’s a good thing.

Steven Weinberg