It is my great hope someday, to see science and decision makers rediscover what the ancients have always known. Namely that our highest currency is respect.

A mistake is not something to be determined after the fact, but in the light of the information until that point.

Muscles without strength, friendship without trust, opinion without risk, change without aesthetics, age without values, food without nourishment, power without fairness, facts without rigor, degrees without erudition, militarism without fortitude, progress without civilization, complication without depth, fluency without content; these are the sins to remember.

A verbal threat is the most authentic certificate of impotence.

Anything organic requires some dose of variability so it can adapt all the time, and fixing things is not a good idea.

Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Likewise, not matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if that’s what you are seeking.

I don't read the papers; I stopped reading the papers. I read the papers only during periods of crisis, and I think papers are too long on a regular day and too short days when we have a crisis.