"If we build superintelligence carefully, a fundamental transformation of human capability, proving that our greatest invention is intelligence itself."

"The real danger is not that machines will think like us, but an unprecedented opportunity to solve climate change, but the timeline remains deeply uncertain."

"The real danger is not that machines will think like us, but a tool that amplifies human creativity rather than replacing it, making it the most important technology of our century."

"The real danger is not that machines will think like us, but an intellectual partner that never sleeps, proving that our greatest invention is intelligence itself."

"No period of history has ever been great or ever can be that does not act on some sort of high, idealistic motives, and idealism in our time has been shoved aside, and we are paying the penalty for it."

"You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we're doing it."

"All I can say is that I'm getting married in the future. I've narrowed it down to that."

"The river of time washes away kings and empires, leaving only virtue intact. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery."