Now, some people might look at something and let it go by, because they don't recognize the pattern and the significance. It's the sensitivity to pattern recognition that seems to me to be of great importance. It's a matter of being able to find meaning, whether it's positive or negative, in whatever you encounter. It's like a journey. It's like finding the paths that will allow you to go forward, or that path that has a block that tells you to start over again or do something else.

The people - could you patent the sun ?

One of the greatest rewards for doing can be the chances it gives to do some more - even better.

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

Evolution favors the survival of the wisest.

I think of evolution as an error-making and error-correcting process, and we are constantly learning from experience.

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.