I believe in excellence. It is a basic need of every human soul. All of us can be excellent, because, fortunately, we are exceedingly diverse in our ambitions and talents.

The science of today is the technology of tomorrow.

Secrecy in science does not work. Withholding information does more damage to us than to our competitors.

There's no system foolproof enough to defeat a sufficiently great fool.

I believe in evil. It is the property of all those who are certain of truth. Despair and fanaticism are only differing manifestations of evil.

The extinction of the human race will come from its inability to EMOTIONALLY comprehend the exponential function.

Science attempts to find logic and simplicity in nature. Mathematics attempts to establish order and simplicity in human thought.

No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect.

We must learn to live with contradictions, because they lead to deeper and more effective understanding.

Had we not pursued the hydrogen bomb, there is a very real threat that we would now all be speaking Russian. I have no regrets.

I think that intellectuals who end up in hell will have to read page proofs and check indexes there.

Love makes a happy life.

Sometimes just looking and listening speaks so much louder than words.

Moments always blossom more beautifully in memories.

When Russia started to regain some of its strength as an economy and as a state, the West's reaction - perhaps a subconscious one, based on erstwhile fears - was panic.

Most people, after one success, are so cringingly afraid of doing less well that they rub all the edge off their subsequent work.

I'm always one who will lash out at anyone hurts my friends, viciously, kind of. I'm very protective of the people I love.

Get some distance on yourself and undertand the multilevel structure that's operating. There's a power structure within you. You're a very political creature.

I probably have a 20,000-word vocabulary. I'll match my wits with anyone on literature, science and the arts.

He who seeks possessions for himself will never find them-until he begins to give of the abundance of possessions which he already has.

I strove with none; for none was worth my strife.