One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away.

Though we feel we can choose what we do, our understanding of the molecular basis of biology shows that biological processes are governed by the laws of physics and chemistry and therefore are as determined as the orbits of the planets.

There is nothing bigger or older than the universe.

I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.

One is always a long way from solving a problem until one actually has the answer.

Mankind's greatest achievements have come about by talking and its greatest failures by not talking. It doesn’t have to be like this.

There is a real danger that computers will develop intelligence and take over. We urgently need to develop direct connections to the brain so that computers can add to human intelligence rather than be in opposition.