Why do people in this age think their own impoverished lives must be the norm of the universe?

I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when you looked at it in the right way, did not become still more complicated.

A fanatic is a man who, when he's lost sight of his purpose, redoubles his effort.

Two lives met across death and centuries. To ask what it meant is meaningless. There is no destiny. But sometimes there is bravery

Why do people in this age think their own impoverished lives must be the norm of the universe?

Heaven is not as narrowly literal-minded as hell.

I wrote the first book, Harvest of Stars, and as I was writing it, I saw that certain implications had barely been touched on... It's perfectly obvious that two completely revolutionary things are going on, with cybernetics, and biological science.