It is no small art to sleep: for that purpose you must keep awake all day.
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift – and the rational mind is a faithful servant. – We have created a society that honors the servant – and has forgotten the gift.
Never memorize something that you can look up.
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.
For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.
You can buy my time and effort, but you have to earn my dedication.
The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways. I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows.