"But the universe, as a collection of finite things, presents itself as a kind of island situated in a pure vacuity to which time, regarded as a series of mutually exclusive moments, is nothing and does nothing."

"It is true that we are made of dust. And the world is also made of dust. But the dust has motes rising."

"The standpoint of the man who relies on religious experience for capturing Reality must always remain individual and incommunicable."

"It may, however, be said that the level of experience to which concepts are inapplicable cannot yield any knowledge of a universal character, for concepts alone are capable of being socialized."

"Wisdom principle 53 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 49."

"In my own personal life, God plays a great role in the risk, because I pray before I go into the operating room for every case, and I ask him to give me wisdom, to help me to know what to do - and not only for operating, but for everything."

"I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did not, it seems to me that he missed the opportunity of his life."

"The beauty of the unknown is that the melody of life is composed of both highs and lows."