It seems to me, Golan, that the advance of civilization is nothing but an exercise in the limiting of privacy.

There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.

Never judge your own writing. You're not fit to do so.

Goodbye, Hari, my love. Remember always--all you did for me.” -I did nothing for you.” -You loved me and your love made me--human.

Even as a youngster, though, I could not bring myself to believe that if knowledge presented danger, the solution was ignorance. To me, it always seemed that the solution had to be wisdom. You did not refuse to look at danger, rather you learned how to handle it safely.

A scientist is as weak and human as any man, but the pursuit of science may ennoble him even against his will.

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.