Yes, I know, it's not the truth, but in a great history little truths can be altered so that the greater truth emerges.

I was a fervent Catholic, and I belonged to the national organizations, even becoming one of the national leaders, until the age of 21, 22.

What we honor as prudence in our elders is simply panic in action.

Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.

The real hero is always a hero by mistake.

Show not what has been done, but what can be. How beautiful the world would be if there were a procedure for moving through labyrinths.

What did I really think fifteen years ago? A nonbeliever, I felt guilty in the midst of all those believers. And since it seemed to me that they were in the right, I decided to believe, as you might decide to take an aspirin: It can't hurt and you might get better.