"The art of living is discovering that a single spark of imagination can ignite the world."

"An hour spent in deep contemplation is worth a year of unguided wandering — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The silent observer understands that the true master is an eternal student."

"The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits."

"The universe speaks in the silent dialect of universal natural laws. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon."

"There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives; To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands."

"Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people."

"Science coverage could be improved by the recognition that science is timeless, and therefore science stories should not need to be pegged to an item in the news."