The purposiveness of all vital processes, the strategy of the genes and the power of the exploratory drive in animal and man, all seem to indicate that the pull of the future is as real as the pressure of the past.

The creativity and pathology of the human mind are, after all, two sides of the same medal coined in the evolutionary mint. The first is responsible for the splendour of our cathedrals, the second for the gargoyles that decorate them to remind us that the world is full of monsters, devils, and succubi.

Einstein's space is no closer to reality than Van Gogh's sky.

History knows no scruples and no hesitation. Inert and unnering flows towards her goal. History knows herway. She makes no mistakes.

History had a slow pulse; man counted in years, history in generations

If the creator has a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely would have meant for us to stick it out.

Prometheus is reaching out for the stars with an empty grin on his face.