But he knew well enough that any man in the right circumstances could be dehumanised by panic.

The intelligent minority of this world will mark 1 January 2001 as the real beginning of the 21st century and the Third Millennium.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Can the synthesis of man and machine ever be stable, or will the purely organic component become such a hindrance that it has to be discarded?

Now I understand,” said the last man.

Now times had changed, and the inherited wisdom of the past had become folly.

The crossing of space ... may do much to turn men's minds outwards and away from their present tribal squabbles. In this sense, the rocket, far from being one of the destroyers of civilisation, may provide the safety-value that is needed to preserve it.