Our goal is not to completely eradicate the infection - that would be very difficult - but to produce a vaccine that will prevent not infection but disease. I think this is more possible.

I think we should put the same weight now on the co-factors as we have on HIV.

It's clear that prevention will never be sufficient. That's why we need a vaccine that will be safe.

Basic research is very useful, but it should be more geared toward application than it was before.

We don't know why, but there are some gradients of infection.

The idea of the live-virus vaccine is to produce in a continuous way some viral antigens.

AIDS does not inevitably lead to death, especially if you suppress the co-factors that support the disease. It is very important to tell this to people who are infected.

I've participated in meetings where there were concerns by ethical experts. There is no clear solution.

AIDS win be our first priority, but in two years' time we don't know where AIDS research will stand, so we are also thinking of activity on other diseases.

Psychological factors are critical in supporting immune function. If you suppress this psychological support by telling someone he's condemned to die, your words alone will have condemned him.

We can be exposed to HIV many times without being chronically infected. Our immune system will get rid of the virus within a few weeks, if you have a good immune system.

In the professional world of leadership ambition and potential are the most excessive commodities.

Life imitates art but art intimidates life.

I'm old enough and cranky enough now that if someone tried to tell me what to do, I'd tell them where to put it.

Imagine for a moment that you were God. Not God as a man or woman, but God as the awareness of all life. To be that in physical form is to be an enlightened person.

We often think of choice as a thing. But a choice is not a thing. Our options may be things, but a choice—a choice is an action. It is not just something we have but something we do.

I have some vivid memories of walking around as a child with a cassette tape.

set sail on a voyage of your own titanic facts

Usually, sprinting is my main source of energy and recovery time because that's how I move.

Master of the universe but not of myself, I am the only rebel against my absolute power.

There is no such thing as an absolute truth to be discovered.