As a child I was not interested in science. I was merely interested in things human, the human side of nature, if you like, and I continue to be interested in that. That's what motivates me.

I couldn't possibly have become a member of this institute if I hadn't founded it myself.

I was told I could, if I wished, switch and get a Ph.D. in biochemistry but my preference was to stay with medicine. And I believe that this is all linked to m…

I have dreams, and I have nightmares. I overcame the nightmares because of my dreams.

If we are to create balanced human beings, capable of entering into world-wide co-operation with all other men of good will - and that is the supreme task of o…

The greatest error of all the rest is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or farthest end of knowledge: for men have entered into a desire of learning and …

Our time is distinguished by wonderful achievements in the fields of scientific understanding and the technical application of those insights. Who would not be…