A wisdom deficit - fewer elders and even fewer people who listen to them.

What is ... important is that we - number one: Learn to live with each other. Number two: try to bring out the best in each other.

I have the impression that the new generation of young people, are coming up on the scene with a sense "ancestorhood", and with more wisdom than was evident before.

I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.

There is no such thing as failure, there's just giving up too soon.

Reply when questioned on the safety of the polio vaccine he developed: It is safe, and you can't get safer than safe.

The most important question we must ask ourselves is, 'Are we being good ancestors?'