Man’s greatest asset is the unsettled mind.
ISAAC ASIMOVMan’s greatest asset is the unsettled mind.
ISAAC ASIMOVThere is an art to science, and a science in art; the two are not enemies, but different aspects of the whole.
ISAAC ASIMOVSelf-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.
ISAAC ASIMOVIntelligence is an accident of evolution, and not necessarily an advantage.
ISAAC ASIMOVIf you have talent, you will receive some measure of success – but only if you persist.
ISAAC ASIMOVIt’s humbling to think that all animals, including human beings, are parasites of the plant world.
ISAAC ASIMOVI figure that if God actually does exist, he is big enough to understand an honest difference of opinion.
ISAAC ASIMOVAny fool can tell a crisis when it arrives. The real service to the state is to detect it in embryo.
ISAAC ASIMOVIt is the obvious which is so difficult to see most of the time. People say ‘It’s as plain as the nose on your face.’ But how much of the nose on your face can you see, unless someone holds a mirror up to you?
ISAAC ASIMOVLife is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.
ISAAC ASIMOVAny teacher that can be replaced by a computer should be replaced by a computer.
ISAAC ASIMOVThere is no more desire to live past one’s time than to die before it.
ISAAC ASIMOVAny book worth banning is a book worth reading.
ISAAC ASIMOVLife is a journey, but don’t worry, you’ll find a parking spot at the end.
ISAAC ASIMOVThe Earth should not be cut up into hundreds of different sections, each inhabited by a self-defined segment of humanity that considers its own welfare and its own “national security” to be paramount above all other consideration.
ISAAC ASIMOVAll you have to do is take a close look at yourself and you will understand everyone else.
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