Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.
ISAAC ASIMOVLife is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.
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Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments.
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Old people think young people haven’t learned about love. Young people think old people have forgotten about love.
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So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You’d better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can’t rearrange the universe.
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It’s humbling to think that all animals, including human beings, are parasites of the plant world.
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The first law of dietetics seems to be: if it tastes good, it’s bad for you.
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They won’t listen. Do you know why? Because they have certain fixed notions about the past. Any change would be blasphemy in their eyes, even if it were the truth. They don’t want the truth; they want their traditions.
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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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At odd and unpredictable times, we cling in fright to the past .
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Intelligence is an accident of evolution, and not necessarily an advantage.
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Life is a journey, but don’t worry, you’ll find a parking spot at the end.
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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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Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what’s right.
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When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.
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There is no belief, however foolish, that will not gather its faithful adherents who will defend it to the death.
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Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.
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