Instead, in the absence of respect for human rights, science and its offspring technology have been used in this century as brutal instruments for oppression.

The applause is a celebration not only of the actors but also of the audience. It constitutes a shared moment of delight.

In nation after nation, democracy has taken the place of autocracy.

Science exists, moreover, only as a journey toward troth. Stifle dissent and you end that journey.

For science must breathe the oxygen of freedom.

Even in the world of molecules the civilising influence of modest restraints is a cause for rejoicing.

Science never gives up searching for truth, since it never claims to have achieved it.

Science is an enterprise that can only flourish if it puts the truth ahead of nationality, ethnicity, class and color.

Human dignity is better served by embracing knowledge.

Some dreamers demand that scientists only discover things that can be used for good.

Our assessment of socio-economic worth is largely a sham. We scientists should not lend ourselves to it - though we routinely do. We should, instead, insist on applying the criterion of quality.

The central theme of the book is that prayer is best understood as a long, sometimes perilous, epic journey that eventually leads to triumph.

Do your best, one shot at a time and then move on. Remember that golf is just a game.

The fact that we have people who have headed up oil corporations now assigned to places in cabinet.

If you want to know what an ultimate goal would be, of course it would be utter peace.

Leaves hung in the stillness like hands of the newly dead.

You should always know when you're shifting gears in life. You should leave your era - it should never leave you.

The best criticism of the bad is the practice of the better.

My life is very busy with a lot of things, and so I don't get uninterrupted time. When I do, I can just write all day.

Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.

There comes a day when you realize turning the page is the best feeling in the world.