“I have not conceived my mission to be that of a knight-errant wandering everywhere to deliver people from difficult situations.My humble occupation has been to show people how they can solve their own difficulties.”

“Perhaps; but I am a difficult person to live with. My difficulty consists in not wanting to live with other people.”

“It is not the responsibility of knights errant to discover whether the afflicted, the enchained and the oppressed whom they encounter on the road are reduced to these circumstances and suffer this distress for their vices, or for their virtues: the knight's sole responsibility is to succour them as people in need, having eyes only for their sufferings, not for their misdeeds.”

“It is surprising that people do not believe that there is imagination in science. It is a very interesting kind of imagination, unlike that of the artist. The great difficulty is in trying to imagine something that you have never seen, that is consistent in every detail with what has already been seen, and that is different from what has been thought of; furthermore, it must be definite and not a vague proposition. That is indeed difficult.”

“Often people ask, "How can you say you're blessed to have a son with Down syndrome?" My outlook on life has forever changed. I see my own challenges differently. He's always showing me that life is so much bigger than self.”

“This family business can be so stressful - difficult, damaged people showing up t spend time with other difficult, damanged people”