Nothing is lost and nothing is created in the operations of art as those of nature.

The more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator. Science brings men nearer to God.

Little science takes you away from God but more of it takes you to Him.

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world.

Chance favors the prepared mind.

Messieurs, c'est les microbes qui auront le dernier mot." (Gentlemen, it is the microbes who will have the last word.)

One does not ask of one who suffers: What is your country and what is your religion? One merely says: You suffer, that is enough for me.

Question your priorities often, make sure God always comes first.

A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.

To know how to wonder and question is the first step of the mind toward discovery.

Our creations are the outward expressions of our inner truths.

There could be no justice, unless there were also injustice; no courage, unless there were cowardice; no truth, unless there were falsehood.

Repetition is a revolutionary virtue.

Hallucinogens are a value changer...like it or not, it changes your values, it opens up windows (doors of perception.)

Good leaders have a generosity gene.

They consider me to have sharp and penetrating vision because I see them through the mesh of a sieve.

It was my fear of failure that first kept me from attempting the master work. Now, I'm beginning what I could have started ten years ago. But I'm happy at least that I didn't wait twenty years.

There are several ways to apportion the family income, all of them unsatisfactory.

I am the president now, the president of everybody.

I think anything is possible to anyone who dreams, dares, works and never gives up.