“What was God doing before the divine creation? Was he preparing hell for people who asked such questions?”

While there’s life, there is hope.

What I have learned from life is to make the most of what you have got.

Latest survey shows that 3 out of 4 people make up 75% of the world’s population.

So next time someone complains that you have made a mistake, tell him that may be a good thing. Because without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist.

I would rather be right than rigorous.

The increase of disorder or entropy is what distinguishes the past from the future, giving a direction to time.

It is reasonable to ask who or what created the universe, but if the answer is God, then the question has merely been deflected to that of who created God.

I don’t want to write an autobiography because I would become public property with no privacy left.

We have made remarkable progress in the last hundred years, but if we want to continue, our future is in space.

The idea that we are alone in the universe seems to me completely implausible and arrogant, considering the number of planets and stars that we know exist, it’s extremely unlikely that we are the only form of evolved life.

Disability need not be an obstacle to success.

You cannot understand the glories of the universe without believing there is some Supreme Power behind it.

The laws of science do not distinguish between the past and the future.

Go the extra mile. It makes your boss look like an incompetent slacker.

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.

People won’t have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.

Let’s create an integrated global community where we have shared benefits and responsibilities, and we don’t fight because of our differences.

But there’s one thing we must all be clear about: terrorism is not the pursuit of legitimate goals by some sort of illegitimate means. Whatever the murderers may be trying to achieve, creating a better world certainly isn’t one of their goals. Instead they are out to murder innocent people.

Creating demand is hard. Filling demand is easier. Don’t create a product, then seek someone to sell it to. Find a market – define your customers – then find or develop a product for them.

By regarding ourselves with kindness, we begin to dissolve the identity of an isolated, deficient self. This creates the grounds for including others in an unconditionally loving heart.

A herbarium is better than any illustration; every botanist should make one.

All women, everywhere, have the same hopes: we want to be self-sufficient and create better lives for ourselves and our loved ones.

Christianity is not the faith of the complacent, the comfortable or of the timid. It demands and creates heroic souls.

We colour and mould according to the wants within us whatever our eyes bring in.