No man is so good as to be free from all evil, nor so bad as to be worth nothing.

Whatever it is you seek, you have to put in the time, the practice, the effort. You must give up a lot to get it. It has to be very important to you. And once you have attained it, it is your power. It can't be given away : it resides in you. It is literally the result of your discipline.

Scientific research was much like prospecting: you went out and you hunted, armed with your maps and instruments, but in the ened your preparations did not matter, or even your intuition. You needed your luck, and whatever benefits accrued to the diligent, through sheer, grinding hard work.

Most areas of intellectual life have discovered the virtues of speculation, and have embraced them wildly. In academia, speculation is usually dignified as theory.

A man can see by starlight, if he takes the time.

We think we know what we are doing. We have always thought so.

Life is wonderful. It's a gift to be alive, to see the sun and breathe the air. And there isn't really anything else.