Mathematics began to seem too much like puzzle solving. Physics is puzzle solving, too, but of puzzles created by nature, not by the mind of man.

[My father] said Don't grow up to be a woman and what he meant by that was a housewife ... without any interests.

Winning the [Nobel] prize wasn't half as exciting as doing the work itself.

You and your reality are ONE. When YOU change, everything changes.

No need to feel shame for what you are.

I have a small child, so the idea of getting up at 3 a.m. to train before a day of shooting... I just don't have it in me, although I have so much respect for people who do.

A chaplain's biggest gift is to be present and just listen.

The problem with using C++ ... is that there's already a strong tendency in the language to require you to know everything before you can do anything.

Without further warning, the sky opens up and cries.

Things take the time they take. Don't worry.

You'll find individuals agreeing on this, but when they get into collective societies and larger groups they find it difficult to achieve group agreement.

If we lose the ability in question for a single moment only, we are immediately being hijacked by an aggressive little "Think me!" and our mind begins to wander.

Courage makes a man more than himself; for he is then himself plus his valor.