Looking back, nothing seems so simple than a utopian vision realised.

My experiences with science led me to God. They challenge science to prove the existence of God. But must we really light a candle to see the sun?

I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution.

Science does not have a moral dimension. It is like a knife. If you give it to a surgeon or a murderer, each will use it differently.

Basic research is what I am doing when I don't know what I am doing.

It was very successful, but it fell on the wrong planet.

The rocket worked perfectly, except for landing on the wrong planet.

It takes sixty-five thousand errors before you are qualified to make a rocket.

The best computer is a man, and it’s the only one that can be mass-produced by unskilled labor.

Don't tell me that man doesn't belong out there. Man belongs wherever he wants to go - and he'll do plenty well when he gets there.

I believe in an immortal soul. Science has proved that nothing disintegrates into nothingness. Life and soul, therefore, cannot disintegrate into nothingness, and so are immortal.

Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilised by education: they grow there, firm as weeds among stones.

It struck her all at once that dealing with other human beings was an awful lot of work.

It takes a surprising amount of courage to place one's hand into an unseen area when your mind is thinking about vermin.

Somehow there was a lack of communication - She thought he said: "Till debt do us part."

I cannot remember a time when I was not interested in both gardening and painting. I must have been born with a trowel in one hand and a paintbrush in the other.

After a while, a surprising theme emerged. The single most important thing you can do for your family may be the simplest of all: Develop a strong family narrative.

Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.

If you cannot live without justification, you cannot live; period. And the path towards it is the path of language.

I will make such a wonderful India that all Americans will stand in line to get a visa for India

Eat for nutrition and food value. Emphasize natural foods, avoid processed foods and eliminate junk entirely.