“If the box contains a diamond,I desire to believe that the box contains a diamond;If the box does not contain a diamond,I desire to believe that the box does not contain a diamond;Let me not become attached to beliefs I may not want.”

“What people really believe doesn't feel like a BELIEF, it feels like the way the world IS.”

“A bit beyond perception's reach I sometimes believe I see that life is two locked boxes each containing the other’s key.”

“I don’t know what’s in the box, but I love it. Unopened gifts contain hope.
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“Once again, we shall have to operate not only outside the box, but outside the room containing the box.”

“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.”

“I only want power so I can get books.”