"The use of thesis-writing is to train the mind, or to prove that the mind has been trained; the former purpose is, I trust, promoted, the evidences of the latter are scanty and occasional."

“I try not to have high expectations of people because it just sets you up for disappointment, but it's great to work with actors who are that talented and accomplished.”

“What we found was that rather than being haphazardly arranged or independent pathways, we find that all of the pathways of the brain taken together fit together in a single exceedingly simple structure. They basically look like a cube. They basically run in three perpendicular directions, and in each one of those three directions the pathways are highly parallel to each other and arranged in arrays. So, instead of independent spaghettis, we see that the connectivity of the brain is, in a sense, a single coherent structure.”

“War has been more common than peace, and extended periods of peace have been rare in a world divided into multiple states”

Source : Donald Kagan (1996). “On the Origins of War and the Preservation of Peace”, Anchor

“Now and again, it is necessary to seclude yourself among deep mountains and hidden valleys to restore your link to the source of life. Breathe in and let yourself soar to the ends of the universe; breathe out and bring the cosmos back inside. Next, breathe up all fecundity and vibrancy of the earth. Finally, blend the breath of heaven and the breath of earth with your own, becoming the Breath of Life itself.”

Source : Morihei Ueshiba, John Stevens (2010). “The Art of Peace”, p.25, Shambhala Publications

“Weather forecast for tonight: dark.”

“The more we exploit nature, The more our options are reduced, until we have only one: to fight for survival.”

“But I loved doing the physical stuff for 'Dredd.' I have to give a shout-out to the stunt team that I worked with.”

“The purpose of scientific method is to select a single truth from among many hypothetical truths. That, more than anything else, is what science is all about. But historically science has done exactly the opposite. Through multiplication upon multiplication of facts, information, theories and hypotheses, it is science itself that is leading mankind from single absolute truths to multiple indeterminate, relative ones.”