The experimenter who does not know what he is looking for will not understand what he finds.

It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning.

When we meet a fact which contradicts a prevailing theory, we must accept the fact and abandon the theory, even when the theory is supported by great names and generally accepted.

Man can learn nothing unless he proceeds from the known to the unknown.

The terrain is everything; the germ is nothing.

Art is 'I'; science is 'we'.

A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it furnishes.

Those who do not know the torment of the unknown cannot have the joy of discovery.

Science increases our power in proportion as it lowers our pride.

All the vital mechanisms, varied as they are, have only one object, that of preserving constant the conditions of life in the internal environment.

True science teaches us to doubt and, in ignorance, to refrain.

If you have an idea, execute it today itself, Else you may wake up tomorrow and find that someone else has already executed the idea, After all you not alone who is thinking.

You can either be the victim of your own life, or the victor".

Even though it's tiring, I'm having the time of my life.

I don't remember any dream. All I remember is waking up and feeling that there had been a change while I was sleeping.

I love the possibility that anything can happen in any moment with acting. That you have the opportunity to experience lives and adventures that you may not have otherwise.

The same eye cannot both look up to heaven and down to earth.

I never thought that people my own age could die, let alone be murdered. Things like that didn't happen in 1955. The suburbs were a safe place, where nobody even locked their doors.

Art and music shine a light of meaning on ordinary life, and through them we are able to confront the things that trouble us and to find consolation and peace in their presence.

On my travels around the world, I've met people in countries where democracy doesn't exist and if it does, they are intimidated into voting in a certain way.

I don't generally like running. I believe in training by rising gently up and down from the bench.