The child is not a prisoner of its inheritance; it holds its inheritance as a new creation which its future actions will unfold.

It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin, barefoot irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known, but to question it.

No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.

Ask an impertinent question and you are on the way to the pertinent answer.

Man is unique not because he does science, and his is unique not because he does art, but because science and art equally are expressions of his marvelous plasticity of mind.

Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.

The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

We have to understand that the world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is more important than the eye ... The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

Man masters nature not by force, but by understanding

Dissent is the mark of freedom.

One aim of physical sciences had been to give an exact picture the material world. One achievement of physics in the twentieth century has been to prove that that aim is unattainable.

I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.

What is rank if not protection from the consequences which fall upon common men?

I have fought and kicked and fasted and prayed and cursed and cried myself to the point of existing.

Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.

Morality and immorality are not defined by man's changing attitudes and social customs. They are determined by the God of the universe, whose timeless standards cannot be ignored with impunity.

Mistakes quickly pile up and coalesce into a reputation, and a reputation is hard to shake.

Lord #‎ God , I praise Your Holy Name. Let every beat of my heart be a note of love in the symphony of my life.

Learning from other people is what music is all about.

I always thought I would have boys, but as a father, when your kids are born and they’re healthy and happy, that’s the most important thing.

Character produces endurance and persistence when the going gets tough, and life truly is an endurance race, not a sprint.