It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
ISAAC ASIMOVIt has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
ISAAC ASIMOVToday’s science fiction is tomorrow’s science fact.
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 ASIMOVIn life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.
ISAAC ASIMOVSelf-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. The only function of a school is to make self-education easier; failing that, it does nothing.
ISAAC ASIMOVThere is an art to science, and a science in art; the two are not enemies, but different aspects of the whole.
ISAAC ASIMOVAll you have to do is take a close look at yourself and you will understand everyone else.
ISAAC ASIMOVThe easiest way to solve a problem is to deny it exists.
ISAAC ASIMOVIntelligence is an accident of evolution, and not necessarily an advantage.
ISAAC ASIMOVThe true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.
ISAAC ASIMOVMan’s greatest asset is the unsettled mind.
ISAAC ASIMOVThere is no more desire to live past one’s time than to die before it.
ISAAC ASIMOVThe greatest weapons in the conquest of knowledge are an understanding mind and the inexorable curiosity that drives it on.
ISAAC ASIMOVAny book worth banning is a book worth reading.
ISAAC ASIMOVI don’t believe in an afterlife, so I don’t have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse.
ISAAC ASIMOVMy feeling is, quite simply, that if there is a God, He has done such a bad job that he isn’t worth discussing.
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