Sydney Brenner

"Adventure in the laboratory is adventure into the heart of reality."

"Money spent on understanding life is money well invested in the future."

"Health of body and mind comes from engagement with truth."

"The music of life plays in the rhythms of nature."

"Faith in the possibility of understanding drives all inquiry."

"Literature and science are both attempts to capture truth in form."

"Political wisdom requires understanding human nature as science understands it."

"War against ignorance is the only war worth fighting."

"Justice requires that we understand the nature of what we judge."

"The death of one way of thinking often births a better one."

"Love of discovery is love of life in its purest form."

"Happiness follows naturally when we are engaged in meaningful pursuit."

"The family of humanity is bound by our shared nature."

"Every small insight is a gift to those who come after."

"The courage to begin is the courage to fail and begin again."

"Wisdom is knowing that we know so very little."

"The greatest success is understanding a truth no one understood before."

"To be human is to wonder; to be a scientist is to act on that wonder."

"Kindness in science means giving credit where credit is due."

"Peace of mind comes from the honest pursuit of understanding."

"Hope is not naive; it is the realistic belief that understanding is possible."

"The strength to admit error is greater than the strength to defend it."

"Imagination without discipline is mere fantasy; discipline without imagination is mere routine."

"The creativity of nature exceeds the creativity of any individual mind."

"To study life is to study the greatest teacher that exists."