The best doctors found a middle position where they were neither overwhelmed by their feelings nor estranged from them. That was the most difficult position of all, and the precise balance - neither too detached nor too caring - was something few learned.

The notion that the natural world obeys its own rules and doesn't give a damn about your expectations comes as a massive shock. But the natural world is not so malleable. On the contrary, it will demand that you adapt to it - and if you don't, you die.

Everyone has a hidden agenda. Except me!

The characteristic human trait is not awareness but conformity, and the characteristic result is religious warfare.

I am certain there is too much certainty in the world.

It's better to die laughing than to live each moment in fear.

Discovery, they believe, is inevitable. So they just try to do it first. That's the game in science.