"Africa has her mouth on Moses."

-- Zora Neale Hurston

#Mouths Quotes #Moses Quotes

“Make philosophy thy journey, theology thy journey's end: philosophy is a pleasant way, but dangerous to him that either tires or retires; in this journey it is safe neither to loiter nor to rest, till thou hast attained thy journey's end; he that sits down a philosopher rises up an atheist.”
“No person will deny that the highest degree of attainable accuracy is an object to be desired, and it is generally found that the last advances towards precision require a greater devotion of time, labour, and expense, than those which precede them.”
“...that I alone hold the definition of what I am.”
“I come home more exhausted after a day of emotional work on set than I've ever had in any sporting event I've played or anything. It's draining. But it's also part of the fun.”
“Philosophy teaches how man thinks he thinks; but drinking shows how he really thinks.”

Source : Rene Daumal (2003). “A Night of Serious Drinking”, p.55, The Overlook Press
“it is not given to everyone to shine in adversity.”

Source : Jane Aiken Hodge (1970). “Marry in Haste”
“Lifeâ€™s like that. As we grow and change, some things weâ€™ve experience before take on new meaning. Itâ€™ll happen for the rest of your life.”
“Let an ultraintelligent machine be defined as a machine that can far surpass all the intellectual activities of any man however clever. Since the design of machines is one of these intellectual activities, an ultraintelligent machine could design even better machines; there would then unquestionably be an intelligence explosion and the intelligence of man would be left behind. Thus the first ultraintelligent machine is the last invention that man ever need make.”

Source : Nick Bostrom (2014). “Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies”, p.20, OUP Oxford

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