Science has taught us how to put the atom to work. But to make it work for good instead of for evil lies in the domain dealing with the principles of human dignity. We are now facing a problem more of ethics than of physics.

Never answer a critic, unless he's right.

One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything everynight before you go to bed.

Although the shooting war is over, we are in the midst of a cold war which is getting warmer.

I am interested in physical medicine because my father was. I am interested in medical research because I believe in it. I am interested in arthritis because I have it.

I'll give you the bottom 10% and the top 10% of any move if I get to keep the middle 80%.

None of us can be free of conflict and woe. Even the greatest men have had to accept disappointments as their daily bread. ... The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.