"It is because the body is a machine that education is possible. Education is the formation of habits, a superinducing of an artificial organization upon the natural organization of the body."

"Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed."

"The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us."

"Science and literature are not two things, but two sides of one thing."

"What helps people, helps business."

"My work is a game, a very serious game."

"Winners have the ability to step back from the canvas of their lives like an artist gaining perspective. They make their lives a work of art - an individual masterpiece."

"Sometimes the weekend gets hijacked by work, but as my mother would say, this is the right problem."