"The study of computational complexity teaches us that some problems are inherently difficult, no matter how clever our algorithms are."

The real measure of success is the number of experiments that can be crowded into 24 hours.

"Language is the house of being. In its home man dwells."

"To me, fearless is not the absence of fear. It's not being completely unafraid. To me, fearless is having fears. Fearless is having doubts. Lots of them. To me, fearless is living in spite of those things that scare you to death."

The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

The state is the most important institution in human society because it is the only one that can legitimately use force to maintain order.