Bernard was right. The germ is nothing, the terrain is everything.

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.

In a brain scan, relational pain—that caused by isolation during punishment—can look the same as physical abuse. Is alone in the corner the best place for your child?

This is a grave. There is no honor here in broken tools and old bones, only in the deeds of our children.

Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.

Since everything is God and everything contains God, you see God in everything, everything is a step towards liberation.

I thought about going to NYU film school - that was this ideal to me. But I didn't make any kind of grades in high school.

A man who has no love in him is as barren as a cloud with no moisture, a tree with no fruits or a cow yielding no milk; he is ever far from God and can never earn His Grace.

My kid is a product of the fast computer lifestyle.

I'll go do films for three or four months and then I can't wait to go home to LA. And I complain about LA left and right, but then I always end up wanting to go home, you know?

Money alone isn't enough to bring happiness... happiness is when you're actually truly ok with losing everything you have.