The mind, in addition to medicine, has powers to turn the immune system around.

There is a moment of conception and a moment of birth, but between them there is a long period of gestation.

The art of science is as important as so-called technical science. You need both. It's this combination that must be recognized and acknowledged and valued.

I look upon ourselves as partners in all of this, and that each of us contributes and does what he can do best. And so I see not a top rung and a bottom rung - I see all this horizontally - and I see this as part of a matrix. And I see every human being as having a purpose, a destiny, if you like - the destiny that exists in each of us - and find ways and means to provide such opportunities for everyone.

The worst tragedy that could have befallen me was my success. I knew right away that I was through - cast out.

As a child I was not interested in science. I was merely interested in things human, the human side of nature, if you like, and I continue to be interested in that. That's what motivates me.

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