The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion. However valuable-even necessary-that may have been in enforcing good behavior on primitive peoples, their association is now counterproductive. Yet at the very moment when they should be decoupled, sanctimonious nitwits are calling for a return to morals based on superstition.
Arthur C. ClarkeMy objection to organized religion is the premature conclusion to ultimate truth that it represents.
Arthur C. ClarkeI doubt if there is a single field of study so theoretical, so remote from what is laughingly called everyday life, that it may not one day produce something that will shake the world.
Arthur C. ClarkeWe stand now at the turning point between two eras. Behind us is a past to which we can never return...
Arthur C. ClarkeBut he knew well enough that any man in the right circumstances could be dehumanised by panic.
Arthur C. ClarkeIt is a good principle in science not to believe any 'fact'---however well attested---until it fits into some accepted frame of reference. Occasionally, of course, an observation can shatter the frame and force the construction of a new one, but that is extremely rare. Galileos and Einsteins seldom appear more than once per century, which is just as well for the equanimity of mankind.
Arthur C. Clarke