“As much as we thirst for approval, we dread condemnation.”

“The element of chance in basic research is overrated. Chance is a lady who smiles only upon those few who know how to make her smile.”

“Hans Selye, the pioneer in the understanding of human stress, was often asked the following question: "What is the most stressful condition a person can face?" His unexpected response: "Not having ...”

“The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true science. He who knows it not, and can no longer wonder, no longer feel amazem...”

“Indeed, not all attacksespecially the bitter and ridiculing kind leveled at Darwinare offered in good faith, but for practical purposes it is good policy to assume that they are.”

“Adapting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.”

“Ever have a dream so real you felt you could reach out and touch it?”

“The nearest thing we have to a defence against [the gods] (but there is no real defence) is to be very wide awake and sober and hard at work, to hear no music, never to look at earth or sky, and (a...”

“Today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well therefore to this day.”