The best gift an educator can give is to get somebody to become self reflective.

Take Time Out. It's not a real vacation if you're reading email or calling in for messages.

Read at least one book a month. This is self-serving, obviously. It's a proven fact that people who read buy more books than people who don't read. In truth, I wish you'd read ten books a month, or at least buy that many.

When there’s an elephant in the room introduce him.

Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.

When you do the right thing, good stuff has a way of happening.

I understand the arguments about how the billions of dollars spent to put men on the moon could have been used to fight poverty and hunger on Earth. But, look, I'm a scientist who sees inspiration as the ultimate tool for doing good. When you use money to fight poverty, it can be of great value, but too often, you're working at the margins. When you're putting people on the moon, you're inspiring all of us to achieve the maximum of human potential, which is how our greatest problems will eventually be solved. Give yourself permission to dream.