Jonas Salk

I don't think of myself as a savior. I think of myself as a servant.

The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they are indistinguishable from it.

We are all connected; to each other, biologically, to the earth, chemically, to the rest of the universe, atomically.

The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of everything.

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.

The responsibility of a scientist is to be a good ancestor.

I am not interested in being first. I am interested in being right.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

To be a scientist is to be an explorer, to be an artist, to be a philosopher.

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.

I have no doubt that the human spirit will prevail.

The greatest challenge of the 21st century will be to learn how to live together.

The creative act is not reserved for artists alone. It is a fundamental human capacity.

We must be the change we wish to see in the world.

The greatest scientists are those who are not afraid to be wrong.

The purpose of life is a life of purpose.

I believe in the power of the individual to make a difference.

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.

To understand is to forgive.