Science is an enterprise that can only flourish if it puts the truth ahead of nationality, ethnicity, class and color.

The applause is a celebration not only of the actors but also of the audience. It constitutes a shared moment of delight.

In nation after nation, democracy has taken the place of autocracy.

Science exists, moreover, only as a journey toward troth. Stifle dissent and you end that journey.

For science must breathe the oxygen of freedom.

Instead, in the absence of respect for human rights, science and its offspring technology have been used in this century as brutal instruments for oppression.

Even in the world of molecules the civilising influence of modest restraints is a cause for rejoicing.

Science never gives up searching for truth, since it never claims to have achieved it.

Human dignity is better served by embracing knowledge.

Some dreamers demand that scientists only discover things that can be used for good.

Our assessment of socio-economic worth is largely a sham. We scientists should not lend ourselves to it - though we routinely do. We should, instead, insist on applying the criterion of quality.

I cannot perceive that you're still a girl. Ur kisses don't seem so innocent. They just drive me crazy!" #MilanoVeneziani. #ItalianPassion

Magic is an honor, until it's a shackle.

Death so called is a thing which makes men weep And yet a third of life is pass'd in sleep.

I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more than living, for it is being conscious of living.

Could we forbear dispute, and practise love, We should agree as angels do above.

Meditation is when we go beyond incarnation, beyond all cycles, to immortality, to something that is not transient.

For all who love freedom and peace, the world without Saddam Hussein's regime is a better and safer place.

What is a Christian? The richest answer I know is that a Christian is one who has God as Father.

To allow your Spirit to manifest, you have to understand Its nature. Spirit can never be aggressive, can never dominate. It respects the freedom of another person because It's a free being.

Great affection is often the cause of violent animosity. The quarrels of men often arise from too great a familiarity.