I have always tried to avoid regrets. Could I have done differently some things in my career? Maybe.
The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy.
Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer.
Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand.
To be an American is of itself almost a moral condition, an education, and a career.
Our knowledge is a torch of smoky pine That lights the pathway but one step ahead Across a void of mystery and dread.
Some people habitually wear sadness, like a garment, and think it a becoming grace. God loves a cheerful worshipper.
Poor health is not caused by something you don't have; it's caused by disturbing something that you already have. Health is not something you need to get, it's something you have already if you don't disturb it.
I recognized that teaching and research institutions vitally depend on the involvement of active scientists also in management functions.
Croesus said to Cambyses; That peace was better than war; because in peace the sons did bury their fathers, but in wars the fathers did bury their sons.