Basic scientific research is scientific capital.

Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility... It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission.

Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation.

Science can give mankind a better standard of living, better health and a better mental life, if mankind in turn gives science the sympathy and support so essential to its progress.

To pursue science is not to disparage the things of the spirit. In fact, to pursue science rightly is to furnish the framework on which the spirit may rise.

As long as scientists are free to pursue the truth wherever it may lead, there will be a flow of new scientific knowledge to those who can apply it to practical problems.

Give these people money, let them play, and they'll come up with something.

Publication has been extended far beyond our present ability to make real use of the record.

Wholly new forms of encyclopedias will appear, ready made with a mesh of associative trails running through them, ready to be dropped into the memex and there amplified.

The world has arrived at an age of cheap complex devices of great reliability, and something is bound to come of it.

The scene changes but the aspirations of men of good will persist.

Infinite and finite are both mental constructs.

Man is like a breath, his days are like a passing shadow.

Self care, self love.Self esteem, self confidence

The buildings, covered by red tiled roofs, undulate over the hillsides like a drift of wildflowers.

One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do.

Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as welcome after satiety as after disappointment

It is very seldom that the same man knows much of science, and about the things that were known before science came.

As soon as it is seen, the extraordinary starts becoming ordinary!

The ideal society has yet to be built - one which balances nicely collective well-being and individual well-being.

I wanted people to believe that there could still be this little undiscovered piece of the world that survives still on Skull Island.