Humility is the most difficult of all virtues to achieve; nothing dies harder than the desire to think well of self.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.

If we really want to pray we must first learn to listen, for in the silence of the heart God speaks.

I learn a great deal by merely observing you, and letting you talk as long as you please, and taking note of what you do not say.

Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?

Finding a way to live the simple life is one of life's supreme complications.

April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.

The journey, Not the destination matters.

Education is the key to progress and success for human beings and for a nation.

My issue with campaign finance is 100 percent disclosure. Wear a suit with patches from your big contributors. Depending on the size of the contribution, that's how big the patch should be.

A solid foundation in genetics is increasingly important for everyone.

Medication can help us live a happier life.

Personal and collective awakening are one and the same - when a raindrop joins the sea, the sea also merges with the raindrop.

[Some people think] that storytelling is telling jokes. So they have to be discouraged! Then others think that storytelling-is like an encounter group . . .

Airport carpets are so much richer to both the senses and the intellect.

Bad decisions made with good intentions, are still bad decisions.

I have a big following among the biogeeks of this world. Nobody ever puts them in books.

The "we" voice is rare, and the communal impulse of the "we" is interesting to me.