Steadfastness is a noble quality, but unguided by knowledge or humility, it becomes rashness, or obstinacy.

What is the most important thing you could be working on in the world right now? ... And if you're not working on that, why aren't you?

With enough of us, around the world, we'll not just send a strong message opposing the privatization of knowledge - we'll make it a thing of the past.

Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves.

There is no justice in following unjust laws.

No, you can’t force other people to change. You can, however, change just about everything else. And usually, that’s enough.

Life is short ... so why waste it doing something dumb?

As the Internet breaks down the last justifications for a professional class of politicians, it also builds up the tools for replacing them.

There is no justice in following unjust laws. It's time to come into the light and, in the grand tradition of civil disobedience, declare our opposition to this private theft of public culture.

Creativity comes from applying things you learn in other fields to the field you work in.

I don’t want to be happy. I just want to change the world.

Our love for our country is worth nothing if it deprives us of our sense of humanity, if it destroys positive consensus.

Music has become my driving force behind my life, it to me, can fix bad moods, bad days, even bad people. It is the beat of my life.

All those who die in the Lord, will rise in the resurrection day.

Be Practical." That's probably the most stupid piece of advice I've ever received in my life.

We have more people in jail than any other country in Earth, disproportionately Latino and African-American.

Kids are more drawn to animal characters than human.

I grew up in London under Thatcher and that really was disgusting. A feeding frenzy.

The paradox of publicity is that even as we do it, we know it's killing off the chance of another reader happening across our book in the ideal state of innocence.

Those who have suffered much are like those who know many languages; they have learned to understand and be understood by all.

Love is the funeral of hearts.