Law of the Minimum: "The worst potential competition for any organism can come from its own kind. The species consumes necessities. Growth is limited by that necessity which is present in the least amount. The least favourable condition controls the rate of growth."

I don't worry about inspiration, or anything like that. It's a matter of just sitting down and working.

The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.

And always, he fought the temptation to choose a clear, safe course, warning 'That path leads ever down into stagnation.

Most men go through life unchallenged, except at the final moment.

There is not secret to balance. You just have to feel the waves.

Here lies a toppled god. His fall was not a small one. We did but build his pedestal, A narrow and a tall one.