"Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them. In the world of Pooh and Piglet, this truth remains timeless."

"Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder."

"I would trade all of my technology for an afternoon with Socrates."

"I'm interested in things that change the world or that affect the future and wondrous, new technology."

"I was raised by books. Books, and then my parents."

"If you go back a few hundred years, what we take for granted today would seem like magic."

"The world is ready to give up its secrets if we only know how to knock."

"The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life."

"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence."

"He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead, his eyes are closed."

"Once you stop learning, you start dying."

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."

"Science will stagnate if it is made to serve practical goals."

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious."

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."