By chance we met, by choice we become friend

Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive.

Modesty answers not the crude how of femininity, but the beautiful why.

Behind every successful innovation, was a presentation in a closed room

You do not need to fly to the other side of the planet to find wilderness and beauty.

I have six acres in front of my own house, which I very rarely work on. Most of the work occurs on farmers' fields around me. And I like the discipline of working on other people's land.

I think sometimes I get overly excited about adding things and having new ideas. You forget that more isn't always better.

I was never afraid of failure. I realized that I was responsible for my own success and that every day offers a new beginning and I was confident in my ability to improve.

Indeed, linear extrapolations make no large-scale sense in a universe that has spatial and temporal curvature.

Plans are great, but missions are better.

The way that we see things today does not have to be the way we saw them yesterday. This is because the situations, our relationships to them, ad we ourselves have changed in the interim.