Creativity can be a social contribution, but only in so far as society is free to use the results.

Whether gods exist or not, there is no way to get absolute certainty about ethics. Without absolute certainty, what do we do? We do the best we can.

Fighting patents one by one will never eliminate the danger of software patents, any more than swatting mosquitoes will eliminate malaria.

I did write some code in Java once, but that was the island in Indonesia.

Sharing knowledge is the most fundamental act of friendship. Because it is a way you can give something without loosing something.

You can use any editor you want, but remember that vi vi vi is the text editor of the beast.

Sharing is good, and with digital technology, sharing is easy.

Facebook is not your friend, it is a surveillance engine.

By the way, I hope you all know about the worldwide boycott of Coca Cola company for things like murdering union organizers in Colombia. See the site killercoke.org.

Free software is software that respects your freedom and the social solidarity of your community. So it's free as in freedom.

Playfully doing something difficult, whether useful or not, that is hacking.

Wit is educated insolence.

You never get anywhere until you figure out the difference between passion and compassion.

I had gotten so used to being alone, but never entirely used to it. Never used to it enough to stop wanting the alternative.

Every moment that you share someone else's pain, feel what they feel, makes you more human.

I want to always make sure I'm in good hands.

There are times when I catch myself believing that there is such a thing as something; which is separate from something else.

Humor is the only reason to live.

The death of an illusion tends to disconcert.

When I wrote the words and I have the music, I felt, wow, you know, this has got to be right. I got to sing it right.

The first thing you have to do is make sure you're still wanted back. I never take that for granted any more.