There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the face.

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.

The best discoveries always happened to the people who weren't looking for them.

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception.

We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly