Why had we come to the moon? The thing presented itself to me as a perplexing problem. What is this spirit in man that urges him for ever to depart from happiness and security, to toil, to place himself in danger, to risk an even a reasonable certainty of death? It dawned upon me that there in the moon as a thing I ought always to have known, that man is not made to go about safe and comfortable and well fed and amused. ... against his interest, against his happiness, he is constantly being driven to do unreasonable things. Some force not himself impels him, and he must go.
The man who raises a fist has run out of ideas. - H. G. Wells
The man who raises a fist has run out of ideas.
- H. G. Wells
If there is no God, nothing matters. If there is a God, nothing else matters. - H. G. Wells
If there is no God, nothing matters. If there is a God, nothing else matters.
In all the round world there is no meat. There used to be. But now we cannot stand the thought of slaughterhouses. - H. G. Wells
In all the round world there is no meat. There used to be. But now we cannot stand the thought of slaughterhouses.
The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow. - H. G. Wells
The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.
Let your love be stronger than your hate or anger. Learn the wisdom of compromise, for it is better to bend a little than to break. - H. G. Wells
Let your love be stronger than your hate or anger. Learn the wisdom of compromise, for it is better to bend a little than to break.
Losing your way on a journey is unfortunate. But, losing your reason for the journey is a fate more cruel. - H. G. Wells
Losing your way on a journey is unfortunate. But, losing your reason for the journey is a fate more cruel.
Our true nationality is mankind. - H. G. Wells
Our true nationality is mankind.
Sometimes, you have to step outside of the person you've been and remember the person you were meant to be. The person you want to be. The person you… - H. G. Wells
Sometimes, you have to step outside of the person you've been and remember the person you were meant to be. The person you want to be. The person you…
He was inordinately proud of England and he abused her incessantly. - H. G. Wells
He was inordinately proud of England and he abused her incessantly.
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