... by chance you will say, but chance only favors the mind which is prepared.

The more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator. Science brings men nearer to God.

Little science takes you away from God but more of it takes you to Him.

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world.

Chance favors the prepared mind.

Messieurs, c'est les microbes qui auront le dernier mot." (Gentlemen, it is the microbes who will have the last word.)

One does not ask of one who suffers: What is your country and what is your religion? One merely says: You suffer, that is enough for me.

Question your priorities often, make sure God always comes first.

A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.

To know how to wonder and question is the first step of the mind toward discovery.

Whatever has a tendency to promote the civil intercourse of nations by an exchange of benefits is a subject as worthy of philosophy as of politics.

When you stop having dreams and ideals - well, you might as well stop altogether.

I am the hit-maker, the record-breaker. I got style and grace, a pretty face. I'll make your back crack, your liver quiver.

The finest compliment you can pay a man is that his word was as good as gold.

The laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day.

I rarely read or buy a book because of a review.

To the resentment that hides inside love, to the loneliness that hides among companions.

The learner should be actively involved in the learning process.

Serious things cannot be understood without laughable things, nor opposites at all without opposites.

Europe was not as outraged by Auschwitz as by Guantanamo Bay.