"Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared."

It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.

To understand consciousness, study its role in survival.

When you're surrounded by people who share a passionate commitment around a common purpose, anything is possible.

There is no exquisite beauty… without some strangeness in the proportion.