But I think it is a serious issue to wonder about the other platonic absolutes of say beauty and morality.

It is always the case, with mathematics, that a little direct experience of thinking over things on your own can provide a much deeper understanding than merely reading about them.

Consciousness ... is the phenomenon whereby the universe's very existence is made known.

I would say the universe has a purpose. It's not there just somehow by chance.

Intelligence cannot be present without understanding. No computer has any awareness of what it does.

our present picture of physical reality, particularly in relation to the nature of time, is due for a grand shake up

Ambition, idly vain; revenge and malice swell her train.

If you didn’t have any conscious beings in the world, there really wouldn’t be morality but with consciousness that you have it.

With thought comprising a non-computational element, computers can never do what we human beings can.

It may well be there is something else going on in the brain that we don't have an inkling of at the moment.

Do not be afraid to skip equations (I do this frequently myself).

We always fail to recognize when we are at fault, but we are always eager to blame others.

Most artists don't get paid for what they do, and they are lucky if they can persuade a friend to let them show something at a kid's birthday party.

The desire of reward is one of the strongest incentives of human conduct; ... the best security for the fidelity of mankind is to make their interest coincide with their duty.

All men are not homeless, but some men are home less than others.

As all who come into the country must obey the King, so all who come into an university must be of the Church.

Pocket all your knowledge with your watch, and never pull it out in company unless desired.

Silence always gives consent.

Every time you watch a performance in the theatre, you know that this is just for you, and will never be the same again. It is quite exciting for me.

She hesitated, then reached out to Jared in her mind, and uncertainty washed away in the wave of reassurance she got back.

life is like a jigsaw puzzle, you have to see the whole picture, then put it together piece by piece!