Everybody has to learn for the first time.

By the time I was 12 or 13, I was studying biochemistry textbooks.

The single biggest threat to man's continued dominance on the planet is the virus.

I get curious about new things. My real strength is going into a field that has not been investigated before, and finding new approaches to it.

All of civility depends on being able to contain the rage of individuals.

I have many shortcomings. I feel very lucky to have been able to have what I've had.

Try hard to find out what you're good at and what your passions are, and where the two converge, and build your life around that.

If we have isolated individuals able to inflict enormous harm, imagine what a single lunatic can do with a nuclear weapon. I think the whole base of civil society is at risk.

If it takes you 20 or 25 years to establish yourself in one field, you really ought to be careful not to stray too far.

I certainly saw science as a kind of calling, and one with as much legitimacy as a religious calling.

I'd like to put in a vote for the intrinsic fascination of science.

Merry hearts are vulnerable to death, don't be over-joyed to the state of oblivion, lest the enemy poison your meal.

My death was written in that day when I was born, That is why I don’t fear about to die. I just fear that when I die who will cry?

This book is a story, and like all stories, it should be taken with a grain of salt.

Be thankful.Be grateful.Be joyful.

Trust is like blood pressure. It’s silent, vital to good health, and if abused, it can be deadly.

How do you feel?”He rubbed his stomach. “Like I’ve been eating Styrofoam.

If I were to call it black music, that would be untrue. I don't know what that is, unless it would be some African drums or something.

When men once reach their autumn, sickly joys fall off apace, as yellow leaves from trees

Running is real. It’s all joy and woe, hard as diamond. It makes you weary beyond comprehension, but it also makes you free.

To gain the acceptance of your peers is an admirable task, but to truly accept yourself requires a much higher standard.