"Science as an intellectual exercise enriches our culture, and is in itself ennobling"

"Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage"

"Science never solves a problem without creating ten more"

"Culture is a way of coping with the world by defining it in detail"

"We have our own history, our own language, our own culture. But our destiny is also tied up with the destinies of other people - history has made us all South Africans"

"Of course as children, we all, in all cultures and societies, learn behavior from observation, imitation, and encouragement of various kinds. So by the suggestion made, we all 'pretend' most of the time"

"Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future"

"All science is either physics or stamp collecting"

"Religion is one dimension of culture, a transcendent element of it"

"The science of today is the technology of tomorrow"

"Science does not know its debt to imagination"