Work backward from your goal.

The world is your playground - play with a sense of destiny.

If you give somebody a lot of questions to answer and then they walk by a bowl of candy, they are more likely to grab the candy because they're tired out from answering questions and can't resist.

These disorders - schizophrenia, Alzheimer's, depression, addiction - they not only steal our time to live, they change who we are.

It's not even known how many kinds of cells there are in the brain. If you were looking for a periodic table of the brain, there is no such thing. I really like to think of the brain as a computer.

It's surprising that the world is understandable to the extent that it is.

Many of the projects that we do that appear quite successful, it's actually often the second or third time we've given it a try.

Maybe we'll understand more about how the universe came to be, and what forces drove it in the early days and which forces drive it now.

Remember, when we're conscious of something, that state is quite often generated by unconscious processes that happen right before it.

If we succeed, it makes no sense to keep it only for ourselves.

Life is an adventure - Savor every instant!

It is impossible to avoid the suspicion that historical Jesus research is a very safe place to do theology and call it history, to do autobiography and call it biography.

Oh, people get used to so many things, " said Vadesh, "if only they give them selves a chance.

Glee! The great storm is over!

"Look here," I said, "people like to collect disasters."

We must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect.

Talking is always a good idea. There's no harm in keeping lines of communication open.

I'll be a fool or a wiseman, my darling, you hold the key. Anyway you want me, that's how I will be.

There is the joy that is one's state of the being and there is the joy that is one's state of mind. The first is permanent and the second is impermanent.

The negative always wins at last, but I like it none the better for that.

I spent Christmas and the next thirty days in the hospital.