Dichotomies Quotes

“Science tries to record and explain the factual character of the natural world, whereas religion struggles with spiritual and ethical questions about the meaning and proper conduct of our lives. The facts of nature simply cannot dictate correct moral behavior or spiritual meaning.”
― Stephen Jay Gould, The Hedgehog, the Fox & the Magister's Pox: Mending the Gap Between Science & the Humanities

“The earth is round and flat at the same time. This is obvious. That it is round appears indisputable; that it is flat is our common experience, also indisputable. The globe does not supersede the map; the map does not distort the globe.”
― Jeanette Winterson, Sexing the Cherry