For an idea that does not first seem insane, there is no hope.

[I] must seek in the stars that which was denied [to me] on earth.

I have always disliked the fierce competitive spirit embodied in that highly intellectual game.

I refuse to make money out of my science. My laurel is not for sale like so many bales of cotton.

When you look at yourself from a universal standpoint, something inside always reminds or informs you that there are bigger and better things to worry about.

Those who manage their way into a crisis are not necessarily the right people to manage their way out of a crisis

If I had only one hour to save the world, I would spend fifty-five minutes defining the problem, and only five minutes finding the solution.