Well, gauge theory is very fundamental to our understanding of physical forces these days. But they are also dependent on a mathematical idea, which has been around for longer than gauge theory has.

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).

He said he was going to fix everything and I believed him. But I believed him before and again some. And I guess I got lost in the resentment of disbelief.

I'm no longer quite sure what the question is, but I do know that the answer is Yes.

The money will always be a problem even if you're a multi-billionaire. Be happy with what you do.

I'm not going to play funk licks on a jazz album. That makes no sense.

It is conceivable that what is unified form to the author or composer may of necessity be formless to his audience.

It's no good being too easily swayed by people's opinions. You have to believe in yourself.

Luck cannot change birth.

I have never understood the Iowa caucus.

Now you are meeting another Lauryn, so it's good to be reintroduced.

When it comes to idiots, America's got more than its fair share. If idiots were energy, it would be a source that would never run out.