Our country is the world-our countrymen are all mankind.
Segregation is evil; there is no pattern of life which can dehumanize men as can the way of segregation.
Faith and doubt both are needed - not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve.
When you stop learning, stop listening, stop looking and asking questions, always new questions, then it is time to die.
The human heart dares not stay away too long from that which hurt it most. There is a return journey to anguish that few of us are released from making.
The point of life is to find the delicate equilibrium between dream and reality.
For men tied fast to the absolute, bled of their differences, drained of their dreams by authoritarian leeches until nothing but pulp is left, become a massive, sick Thing whose sheer weight is used ruthlessly by ambitious men. Here is the real enemy of the people: our own selves dehumanized into the masses. And where is the David who can slay this giant?
We don't pay judges to think; we pay judges to rule on the law.
Of course there are collaborations. But in official meetings with Western diplomats from the US and the European Union, the major issues of our relationships are simply not discussed. The topics are on climate change or any other issues they want us to agree with them on. But they never discuss how we could develop an equal relationship. They should stop using pompous orchestrated summits and begin a serious dialogue with small meetings.
I started my career as a surgeon 25 years ago. But it turned out that I am not talented as a surgeon, so I decided to change my career. But I still feel that I am a doctor. So my goal, all my life, is to bring this stem-cell technology to the bedside.
Love your experiments (as you would an ugly child). Joy is the engine of growth. Exploit the liberty in casting your work as beautiful experiments, iterations, attempts, trials, and errors. Take the long view and allow yourself the fun of failure every day.