I think music is the most powerful thing in the world because it can make you feel things that words can't.

学无止境的人比无所不知的人做得更好。

In science, we try to explain what we don't understand. In mathematics, we try to understand what we can't explain.

It's probably as unlikely that you would nowadays become as rich and famous as Bill Gates, as it was unlikely in the17th century that you would accede to the ranks of the French aristocracy. But the point is, it doesn't feel that way. It's made to feel, by magazines and other media outlets, that if you've got energy, a few bright ideas about technology, a garage -- you, too, could start a major thing.

We must learn from nature how to use resources efficiently.