It's not possible to search for God using the methods of a detective... There is no way. You can only wait till God's axe severs your roots: then you will understand that you are here only through a miracle, and you will remain fixed forever in wonderment and equilibrium.

If one must fight or create, it is necessary that this be preceded by the broadest possible knowledge.

Quite obviously a cat trusts human beings; but she doesn't trust another cat because she knows better than we do.

Only years of practice will teach you the mysteries and bold certainty of a real gardener, who treads at random, yet tramples on nothing.

My dear Miss Glory, Robots are not people. They are mechanically more perfect than we are, they have an astounding intellectual capacity, but they have no soul.

Man will never be enslaved by machinery if the man tending the machine be paid enough.

Wherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inheritance of England.