"And time itself? Time was a never-ending medium that stretched into the future and the past - except there was no future and no past, but an infinite number of brackets, extending either way, each bracket enclosing its single phase of the Universe."

"The emergence of intelligence, I am convinced, tends to unbalance the ecology. In other words, intelligence is the great polluter. It is not until a creature begins to manage its environment that nature is thrown into disorder."

"If mankind were to continue in other than the present barbarism, a new path must be found, a new civilization based on some other method than technology."

"Without consciousness and intelligence, the universe would lack meaning."

"Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God."

"In your hands or that of any other person, so much power would, no doubt, be dangerous. I am the only man in the world whom it would be safe to trust with it. Remember, I am a prophet!"

"However, I must say that I am very happy to see that we have such a positive result for our first referendum in our history and that gives me more confidence in Taiwan's democracy."

"Trust me, I have never written a speech in my life, and if I have my way, I never will."