"Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent. We would not dare to conceive the things which are really mere commonplaces of existence."

"It is not my intention to be fulsome, but I confess that I feel the most profound respect for the man for whom no mystery is too abstruse, and no problem too intricate."

"One should always look for a possible alternative and provide against it. It is the first rule of successful planning."

"It is a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery."

"We are all connected, in ways we do not understand."