I have a great objection to seeing anyone, particularly anyone whom I care about, lose his self-control.

It is equality of monotony which makes the strength of the British Isles.

I have never felt that anything really mattered but knowing that you stood for the things in which you believed and had done the very best you could.

If anyone were to ask me what I want out of life I would say- the opportunity for doing something useful, for in no other way, I am convinced, can true happiness be attained.

Comparison is the thief of all joy.

One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.

What we must learn to do is to create unbreakable bonds between the sciences and the humanities. We cannot procrastinate. The world of the future is in our making. Tomorrow is now.