Meanwhile, fears of universal disaster sank to an all time low over the world.

I made up my mind long ago to follow one cardinal rule in all my writing-to be clear. I have given up all thought of writing poetically or symbolically or experimentally, or in any of the other modes that might (if I were good enough) get me a Pulitzer prize. I would write merely clearly and in this way establish a warm relationship between myself and my readers, and the professional critics-Well, they can do whatever they wish.

People think of education as something that they can finish.

Why is it, I wonder, that anyone who displays superior athletic ability is an object of admiration to his classmates, while one who displays superior mental ability is an object of hatred?

In the presence of total Darkness, the mind finds it absolutely necessary to create light.

A good question is, of course, the key by which infinite answers can be educed.

... you just can't differentiate between a robot and the very best of humans.