156 Quotes by Francis Collins

It’s interesting when you read the life of Christ how much of his time he spent healing the sick. There must have been a reason for that – he was modelling for us what it is we are intended to do by following his path.

Scientists must venture outside their comfort zones to show the public how cool – and how important – their work really is.

Science’s domain is the natural. If you want to understand the natural world and be sure you’re not misleading yourself, science is the way to do it.

I’m enormously interested to see where neuroscience can take us in understanding these complexities of the human brain and how it works, but I do think there may be limits in terms of what science can tell us about what does good and evil mean anyway, and what are those concepts about?

By committing the scientific method to religious claims you’re committing a logical fallacy.

As a scientist, you’re not supposed to make decisions without the data.

As an atheist evolving to agnosticism, and seeking answers to whether or not belief in God is potentially rational, my life was turned upside down 35 years ago by reading C. S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity.

When does life begin? When does the soul enter? That’s a religious question. Science is not going to be able to help with that.

I’m always feeling like I’m lacking wisdom. This reassurance that one can ask God for that and it will happen is certainly reassuring to me.