[Intellectual courage is] the quality that allows one to believe in one's judgement in the face of disappointment and widespread skepticism. Intellectual courage is even rarer than physical courage.

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.

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.

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.

The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the sign of a just as of an anxious disposition.

If you are upset or nervous, that is proof you lack something. Do not be sad or gloomy - foster virtue, feel compassion, and you can save even devils.

I am only a beer teetotaller not a champagne teetotaller.

Rejoice with them that do rejoice and weep with them that weep.

The greatest men of a nation are those it puts to death.

You wait for nothing if not for the word that will burst from the deep like a fruit among branches.

Never have I greater reason for suspicion that when I am particularly pleased with myself, my faith, my progress, and my alms.

Nay, but prithee, with sprinkles 'pon it instead," I said solemnly, "and frosting of white.

The key to skeleton is to find the line, and I think I spend most of training figuring out where that sweet spot is.

You can never, ever predict the curve balls it throws you. So just roll with it, and don't forget to enjoy the moment and soak it up. Don't just Instagram it.