Our scientific advances will be merely obscene unless they help the large part of our world's population emerge from miserable uncertainty and debilitating terror.

Destiny's Champion, Fate's fool. Eternity's Soldier, Time's Tool.

Heroes betray us. By having them, in real life, we betray ourselves.

Legends are best left as legends and attempts to make them real are rarely successful

The book trade invented literary prizes to stimulate sales, not to reward merit.

Because I had sought to challenge Destiny, Destiny had taken vengeance.

When gods die, self-respect buds', murmured Orland Fank. 'Gods and their examples are not needed by those who respect themselves and, consequently, respect others. Gods are for children, for little, fearful people, for those who would have no responsibility to themselves or their fellows.