Why, Robert Singh often wondered, did we give our hearts to friends whose life spans are so much shorter than our own?
Arthur C. ClarkeWhat was more, they had taken the first step toward genuine friendship. They had exchanged vulnerabilities.
Arthur C. ClarkeThe goal of the future is full unemployment, so we can play. That's why we have to destroy the present politico-economic system.
Arthur C. ClarkeSome things have eternal value, and compassion is one of them. I hope we never lose that. Compassion for humans as well as animals.
Arthur C. ClarkeEven 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.
Arthur C. Clarke