A dream will always triumph over reality, once it is given the chance.

Not only does God play dice with the world He does not let us see what He has rolled.

Everything is explicable in the terms of the behavior of a small child.

Really, one of us ought to have the courage to call the experiment off and shoulder the responsibility for the decision, but the majority reckons that that kind of courage would be a sign of cowardice, and the first step in a retreat. They think it would mean an undignified surrender for mankind as if there was any dignity in floundering and drowning in what we don't understand and never will.

I do not like the way people use the more and more magnificent fruits of technology to their filthy deeds.

Cannibals prefer those who have no spines.

What gave you this idea of an imperfect god?' 'I don't know. It seems quite feasible to me. That is the only god I could imagine believing in, a god whose passion is not a redemption, who saves nothing, fulfills no purpose--a god who simply is.