It is inevitable that those to whom is vouchsafed a long life of usefulness should outlive the friends of their youth.

My boyhood life in New York City has impressed me with the popular ignorance and also with the great need of something better than local lore and weather proverbs.

True science is never speculative; it employs hypotheses as suggesting points for inquiry, but it never adopts the hypotheses as though they were demonstrated propositions.

The atmosphere is much too near for dreams. It forces us to action. It is close to us. We are in it and of it. It rouses us both to study and to do. We must know its moods and also its motive forces.

If you don’t know your tendencies and can’t analyze when you are most effective, then how can you get the most done in the least amount of time with the best results?

When you’re always scheming about ways to make money, it’s like a part of you is lost.

Those who tried to fill the void with passion, were engulfed by it’s flames.

Human rights are for those who can behave like humans. If you can't act responsibly you relinquish that right.

I was a lousy hitter in May doing the same things that made me a great hitter in June.

Being active every day makes it easier to hear that inner voice.

Anyone can notice wrong answers. It takes the creative person to notice the wrong questions.

Let there be spaces in your togetherness

When you don't understand, it's sometimes easier to look like you do.

I have always emphasized that the Iranian people has the right to obtain nuclear technology and energy for peaceful purposes.