Even if we never reach the stars by our own efforts, in the millions of years that lie ahead it is almost certain that the stars will come to us. Isolationism is neither a practical policy on the national or cosmic scale. And when the first contact with the outer universe is made, one would like to think that Mankind played an active and not merely a passive role-that we were the discoverers, not the discovered.
Religion is a byproduct of fear. - Arthur C. Clarke
Religion is a byproduct of fear.
- Arthur C. Clarke
The future is not to be forecast, but created. - Arthur C. Clarke
The future is not to be forecast, but created.
New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all alo… - Arthur C. Clarke
New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all alo…
I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here. - Arthur C. Clarke
I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.
One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. - Arthur C. Clarke
One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. - Arthur C. Clarke
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
In my life I have found two things of priceless worth - learning and loving. Nothing else - not fame, not power, not achievement for its own sake - c… - Arthur C. Clarke
In my life I have found two things of priceless worth - learning and loving. Nothing else - not fame, not power, not achievement for its own sake - c…
Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying. - Arthur C. Clarke
Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
The only way to define your limits is by going beyond them. - Arthur C. Clarke
The only way to define your limits is by going beyond them.
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