“The element of chance in basic research is overrated. Chance is a lady...” — Hans Selye Quote

“The element of chance in basic research is overrated. Chance is a lady who smiles only upon those few who know how to make her smile.”

“If you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions.”

“Its not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.”

“As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation.”

“Every stress leaves an indelible scar, and the organism pays for its survival after a stressful situation by becoming a little older.”

“Man should not try to avoid stress any more than he would shun food, love or exercise.”

“Something must have gone awry with the programming. I have no idea where or when we are.”

“The whole [scientific] process resembles biological evolution. A problem is like an ecological niche, and a theory is like a gene or a species which is being tested for viability in that niche.”

“A view of nature as dense and nonlinear is at the core of our contemporary science. Process and order emerge subtly.”

“But we have no [Marian] apparitions cautioning the Church against, say, accepting the delusion of an Earth-centered Universe, or warning it of complicity with Nazi Germany — two matters of considerable moral as well as historical import....”

“It tastes like water spiked with strange.”

“Those who say it can't be done are usually interrupted by those doing it.”