If we are merely matter intricately assembled, is this really demeaning? If there's nothing here but atoms, does that make us less or does that make matter more?

Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.

I think the discomfort that some people feel in going to the monkey cages at the zoo is a warning sign.

I would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship.

It goes with a courageous intent to greet the universe as it really is, not to foist our emotional predispositions on it but to courageously accept what our explorations tell us.

Science is only a Latin word for knowledge

We make our purpose.

Rich or poor, the same breath of life.

Winning the [Nobel] prize wasn't half as exciting as doing the work itself.

Give the respect you want to receive; embody the grace you hope to encounter; and help others with no expectations whatsoever.

I learn more with every job and I'm thankful for where I am

Fear and hatred do not seem to find expression in tears.

These things end,” she said. “They always end. Nobody marries their first love. First love is just that. First. It’s implied that something else will follow.

A grateful thought toward heaven is of itself a prayer.

Since my childhood, I saw my elder brothers playing cricket and that is what built my passion around it. I was enrolled in school but all my attention was on cricket.

Blame nobody else, do not commit the mistake of the ignorant.

My theory is, the more pictures you take, the better you get. It's like a sport. I never wait to get a particular shot because wonderful accidents can happen when you shoot a lot.