The intelligent minority of this world will mark 1 January 2001 as the real beginning of the 21st century and the Third Millennium.

In the long run, there are no secrets. in science. The universe will not cooperate in a cover-up.

Death focuses the mind on the things that really matter: why are we here, and what should we do?

The difference between machines and human beings is that human beings can be reproduced by unskilled labour.

A wise man once said that all human activity is a form of play. And the highest form of play is the search for Truth, Beauty and Love. What more is needed? Should there be a ‘meaning’ as well, that will be a bonus? If we waste time looking for life’s meaning, we may have no time to live — or to play.

If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run-and often in the short one-the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative.

This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one.