“We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand; but the fact is we respectfully adapt ourselves, first, to her ways.”

“Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience.”

“A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health. ”

“You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own.”

“The real world is not easy to live in. It is rough it is slippery. Without the most clear-eyed adjustments we fall and get crushed.”

“Creatures whose main spring is curiosity will enjoy the accumulating of fact far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts.”

“Endless moons, an opaque universe, thunder, tornadoes, the quaking earth. Rare moments of peace; forehead up against my knees, arms around my head, I though, I listened, I longed not to exist. but ...”

“Many of our problems in US maternity care stem from the fact that we leave no room for recognizing when nature is smarter than we are.”

“A child is reliving millions of years of Evolution from a single cell to a XXI Century Human. This is the most amazing miracle I've ever encountered, and I am truly grateful to the Nature for letti...”