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Stability is the number one thing you need to be successful in anything. I constantly had the rug pulled out from under me. I think people were jealous of me. I think people saw me as this guy who could conquer the world.

Sustainability is the key to our survival on this planet and will also determine success on all levels.

In the time of the sacred sites and the crashing of ecosystems and worlds, it may be worth not making a commodity out of all that is revered.

There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.

I think there is value in having practising scientists as leaders of research institutions.

Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion.

Great wealth could make an enormous difference over the next decade if they sensibly support the scientific elite. Just the elite. Because the elite makes most of the progress. You should worry about people who produce really novel inventions, not pedantic hacks.

I am confirmed in my division of human energies. Ambitious people climb, but faithful people build.

We should not allow it to be believed that all scientific progress can be reduced to mechanisms, machines, gearings, even though such machinery also has its beauty. Neither do I believe that the spirit of adventure runs any risk of disappearing in our world.