Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.

In the long run, there are no secrets. in science. The universe will not cooperate in a cover-up.

No utopia can ever give satisfaction to everyone, all the time. As their material conditions improve, men raise their sights and become discontented with power and possessions that once would have seemed beyond their wildest dreams. And even when the external world has granted all it can, there still remain the searchings of the mind and the longings of the heart.

They had not yet attained the stupefying boredom of omnipotence; their experiments did not always succeed.

Perhaps no other year before or since 1984 has been awaited with such eager anticipation.

Guns are the crutches of the impotent.

Then he [The Star Child] waited, marshaling his thoughts and brooding over his still untested powers. For though he was master of the world, he was not quite sure what to do next. But he would think of something.