The tyranny that now exists is actual. That which may exist in the future is potential. If we are always to draw back from change with the thought that the change may be for the worse, then there is no hope at all of ever escaping injustice.
ISAAC ASIMOVMan’s greatest asset is the unsettled mind.
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Better to make a good future than predict a bad one.
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To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.
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When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.
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The easiest way to solve a problem is to deny it exists.
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Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.
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It is well-known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim.
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To make discoveries, you have to be curious about why the universe is the way it is.
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Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what’s right.
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You don’t need to predict the future. Just choose a future – a good future, a useful future – and make the kind of prediction that will alter human emotions and reactions in such a way that the future you predicted will be brought about.
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Inspect every piece of pseudoscience and you will find a security blanket.
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Any fool can tell a crisis when it arrives. The real service to the state is to detect it in embryo.
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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.
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There is an art to science, and a science in art; the two are not enemies, but different aspects of the whole.
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In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.
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If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success – but only if you persist.
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