Survival, in the cool economics of biology, means simply the persistence of ones own genes in the generations to follow. – Lewis Thomas
The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand. – Lewis Thomas
I suggest that the introductory courses in science, at all levels from grade school through college, be radically revised. Leave the fundamentals, the so-called basics, aside for a while, and concentrate the attention of all students on the things that are not known. – Lewis Thomas
The great secret of medicine, known to doctors but still hidden from the public, is that most things get better by themselves. – Lewis Thomas