When you think of intelligence, don't think of a college professor; think of human beings as opposed to chimpanzees. If you don't have human intelligence, you're not even in the game.

Moore's Law of Mad Science: Every eighteen months, the minimum IQ necessary to destroy the world drops by one point.

You are personally responsible for becoming more ethical than the society you grew up in.

Many have stood their ground and faced the darkness when it comes for them. Fewer come for the darkness and force it to face them.

By far the greatest danger of Artificial Intelligence is that people conclude too early that they understand it.

Trying and getting hurt can't possibly be worse for you than being... stuck.

To worship a sacred mystery was just to worship your own ignorance.

The AI does not hate you, nor does it love you, but you are made out of atoms which it can use for something else.

When you are older, you will learn that the first and foremost thing which any ordinary person does is nothing.

The people I know who seem to make unusual efforts at rationality, are unusually honest, or, failing that, at least have unusually bad social skills.

Intelligence is the source of technology. If we can use technology to improve intelligence, that closes the loop and potentially creates a positive feedback cycle.

Nowadays, a simple faulty brake light traffic stop, can get a black person killed. It's better to fix the broken light bulb, then having to face and cooperate with a senseless police officer.

The truth is that no one is truthful these days!

Sometimes the best virtue learned on the battlefield is modesty.

It takes a real storm in the average person's life to make him realize how much worrying he has done over the squalls.

He who has never experienced hurt cannot experience true love.

Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It's the way in which we ourselves grow and develop.

Knowledge is not power unless it is used.

Intensity builds immensity

Remember... life is short. Each moment you have is precious. Treasure every second. Don't spend them doing anything you don't love.

Practice is everything. This is often misquoted as Practice makes perfect.