The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
The robot had no feelings, only positronic surges that mimicked those feelings. (And perhaps human beings had no feelings, only neuronic surges that were interpreted as feelings.)
The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware that he is wise.
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not “Eureka!” (I found it!) but ‘That’s funny…
The laws of history are as absolute as the laws of physics, and if the probabilities of error are greater, it is only because history does not deal with as many humans as physics does atoms, so that individual variations count for more.
The human mind works at low efficiency. Twenty percent is the figure usually given. When, momentarily, there is a flash of greater power it is termed a hunch, or insight, or intuition.
The history of science is full of revolutionary advances that required small insights that anyone might have had, but that, in fact, only one person did.
The first problem of living is to minimize friction with the crowds that surround you on all sides.
The easiest way to solve a problem is to deny it exists.
The downtrodden are more religious than the satisfied.
The cure for advanced gullibility is to go to sleep and consider matters again the next day.
The colonization of space is the only possible salvation of Earth.
