It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars.

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?

Belief in God is apparently a psychological artifact of mammalian reproduction.

But please remember: this is only a work of fiction. The truth, as always, will be far stranger.

There were some things that only time could cure. Evil men could be destroyed, but nothing could be done with good men who were deluded.

If children have interests, then education happens.

We stand now at the turning point between two eras. Behind us is a past to which we can never return...