“The element of chance in basic research is overrated. Chance is a lady who smiles only upon those few who know how to make her smile.”

“To make a great dream come true, you must first have a great dream.”

“As much as we thirst for approval, we dread condemnation.”

“Hans Selye, the pioneer in the understanding of human stress, was often asked the following question: "What is the most stressful condition a person can face?" His unexpected response: "Not having something to BELIEVE in.”

“Why go on? I mean, why record all this? Wouldn’t it be better to surrender it to oblivion for all time? For those who were there certainly don’t have to read it. And the others, and those who will come later? What if they read it only to enjoy something strange and uncanny and to make themselves feel more alive? Does it take an apocalypse to do that? Or a descent into the underworld?”

“Chance favors only those who court her.”

“Chance gives a smile to the one who is ready to take it”