On motivation: "I strongly believe that missionaries make better products. They care more. For a missionary, it's not just about the business. There has to be a business, and the business has to make sense, but that's not why you do it. You do it because you have something meaningful that motivates you."
Science is an adventure into the unknown, each discovery a new understanding of nature.
The first lesson reading teaches is how to be alone.
If you're changing the world, you're working on important things. You're excited to get up in the morning.