My main point today is that usually one gets what one expects, but very rarely in the way one expected it.

My main point today is that usually one gets what one expects, but very rarely in the way one expected it.

The rose does not bloom without thorns. True, but would that the thorns did not outlive the rose.

It is a common remark that men talk most who think least; just as frogs cease their quacking when a light is brought to the water-side.

it is good to have measured myself, to recognize my limitations.

Don't wait for extraordinary circumstance to do good; try to use ordinary situations.

Nothing is less predictable than the development of an active scientific field.