We need to expand the scope and scale of consciousness so that we’re better able to understand the nature of the universe and understand the meaning of life.Elon Musk on the Lex Fridman Podcast (28 December 2021)
I know that I am mortal by nature and ephemeral, but when I trace at my pleasure the windings to and fro of the heavenly bodies, I no longer touch earth with my feet. I stand in the presence of Zeus himself and take my fill of ambrosia.Epigram in some manuscripts of Almagest