Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual. — Terry Pratchett. English fantasy author (1948–2015)
Science is not about building a body of known 'facts'. It is a method for asking awkward questions and subjecting them to a reality-check, thus avoiding the human tendency to believe whatever makes us feel good.
I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It's called living.
God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of his own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players, to being involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.
Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.
Rincewind had been told that death was just like going into another room. The difference is, when you shout, 'Where's my clean socks?' no-one answers.