“Science is the search for truth, that is the effort to understand the world: it involves the rejection of bias, of dogma, of revelation, but not the rejection of morality.”

I have always wanted to know as much as possible about the world.

Humanism is a philosophy of joyous service for the greater good of all humanity, of application of new ideas of scientific progress for the benefit of all.

Man’s great power of thinking, remembering, and communicating are responsible for the evolution of civilization.

Optimum nutrition is the medicine of tomorrow.

I try to identify myself with the atoms. I ask what I would do If I were a carbon atom or a sodium atom.

Everyone should know that the ‘war on cancer’ is largely a fraud.

The power to destroy the world by the use of nuclear weapons is a power that cannot be used – we cannot accept the idea of such monstrous immorality.

If you want to have good ideas you must have many ideas. Most of them will be wrong, and what you have to learn is which ones to throw away.

Science is the search for truth.

Do unto others 20% better than you would expect them to do unto you, to correct for subjective error.

Science is the search for truth – it is not a game in which one tries to beat his opponent, to do harm to others.

I believe that there is a greater power in the world than the evil power of military force, of nuclear bombs — there is the power of good, of morality, of humanitarianism.

Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly.

Men will gather knowledge no matter what the consequences. Science will go on whether we are pessimistic or optimistic, as I am. More interesting discoveries than we can imagine will be made, and I am awaiting them, full of curiosity and enthusiasm.

The only sane policy for the world is that of abolishing war.

I have something that I call my Golden Rule. It goes something like this: ‘Do unto others twenty-five percent better than you expect them to do unto you.’ The twenty-five percent is for error.

There is no greater miracle than our conscious efforts to become good human beings.

The right one for you will move mountains to be with you – he won’t hide behind them.

Hustling is putting every minute and all your effort into achieving the goal at hand.

Choosing our own aims and seeking to bring them to fruition creates a sense of vitality and motivation in life. The only things that derail our efforts are fear and oppression.

Faith is the effort to believe what your common sense tells you is not true.

The amateur tweets. The pro works.

But what if we took it one step further and made an effort to actually transform our pain into something beautiful? What if we went full out and made an effort to transform other people’s pain into something beautiful?

From kindergarten to college, certain teachers engaged my curiosity and motivated me to learn. While I was not the best student, their efforts left a lasting impact.