Maybe life is a process of trading hopes for memories.
The father who has selflessly poured himself into the life of his children may leave no other monument than that of his children. But as for a life well lived, no other monument is necessary.
Most priests wish they were as righteous as they seem to most members of their congregations.
Bellybuttons are our link with the past.
Love feeds on deception.
Shame and blame should have no place in our body, mind, or spirit.
The AI does not hate you, nor does it love you, but you are made out of atoms which it can use for something else.
Let's go invent tomorrow instead of worrying about what happened yesterday.
Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.
The intelligence we will create from the reverse-engineering of the brain will have access to its own source code and will be able to rapidly improve itself in an accelerating iterative design cycle....
Belief is a wonderful way to pass the time until the facts come in.