The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success.

Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold.

The universe is a self-organizing system, and consciousness is a part of that system.

We are all fools in love.

It’s thrilling to be extremely polite to rude strangers.

Mathematics is the foundation upon which all sciences are built.

Failure in the lab is not defeat; it’s data.

"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."