A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales.?

I have noticed that nothing I have never said ever did me any harm.

It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.

Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.

Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.

My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots.

I am not now That which I have been.

In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear.

Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.

We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better.

The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.

A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.

Dare to risk public criticism.

The traditional ways were wrongly disowned by Christianity - in hindsight, medicine men were not demons but very important counsellors in the community.

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.

A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist.

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.