Understanding is, after all, what science is all about — and science is a great deal more than mindless computation.

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).

In our world, I rank music somewhere between hair ribbons and rainbows in terms of usefulness.

This is the day which the Lord hath made we will rejoice and be glad.

Poverty is clearly one source of emotional suffering, but there are others, like loneliness. A policy to reduce the loneliness of the elderly would certainly reduce suffering.

I talk to my parents everyday and every move that I make, every endorsement that I do, every film that I do and my everyday activities are all discussed with them.

It's like prom night for Hollywood. I'm really proud of myself for being here.

There is no conflict between religion and science.

As long as I tell the truth I feel that nobody can touch me.

I think a good book is a good book forever. I don't think they get less good because times change.

It's a product of the fractal laws that govern the world at an informational level. There is no deeper truth.