My feeling is that as far as creativity is concerned, isolation is required. Creation is embarrassing. For every new good idea you have, there are a hundred, ten thousand foolish ones.

People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.

So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe.

In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.

People think of education as something that they can finish.

There are no nations! There is only humanity. And if we don't come to understand that right soon, there will be no nations, because there will be no humanity.

A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.

Your beliefs will be the light by which you see, but they will not be what you see and they will not be a substitute for seeing.

Ignorance breeds monsters to fill up the vacancies of the soul that are unoccupied by the verities of knowledge.

Virtues are the internal qualities that allow us to be our best selves and enable us to lead complete and fulfilling lives.

If you're insulting people on the internet, you must be ugly on the inside.

The most important decision we make is whether we believe we live in a friendly or hostile universe.

Sometimes my brain goes on CD shuffle. You know, you put a bunch of CD's on and hit play and random things come out.

One mustn't dream of one's future; one must earn it.

It's the great mystery of human life that old grief passes gradually into quiet tender joy.

Hard. Fast. Deep. When I'm done you'll know you're mine.

In this complex world, the best way to survive is to be genuine.