Things, situations, people evolve constantly. Nothing is static.

I remember the moment when my overwhelming uneasiness yielded. Seven words from Samuel Beckett, a writer I’ve not even read that well, learned long ago as an undergraduate, began to repeat in my head, and the seemingly impassable sea of uncertainty parted: “I can’t go on. I’ll go on.” I took a step forward, repeating the phrase over and over: “I can’t go on. I’ll go on.” And then, at some point, I was through.

To be here in this one moment.

To follow your path and not worry about what to do too much; one thing leads to the next, and you wind up where you’re meant to be.

We started at Caltech asking very simple questions: how do we understand the molecule dynamics or the dynamics of molecules, emotions and so on, molecules but in a coherent fashion.

One of them—I forgot the others— that I thought was really interesting is, Don’t take yourself too seriously. And I believe in that—I think I believe in that.

I’m hungry for knowledge…Knowledge, knowledge and I loved it.

At the age of 21, as a Moeid, I believed that behind every universal phenomenon there must be beauty and simplicity in its description. This belief remains true today.

I’m so pleased, because Caltech’s name is there as the pioneer of this whole technology…I’m proud of them.

But I had decided that science is really the thing…It is what I wanted. Exactly.