“You know why Wainwright and his kind fear me, don't you?.. They fear that we know the truth about the origins of… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“He was only aware of the conflict that was slowly destroying his integrity—the conflict between truth, and concealment of truth.” — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
But please remember: this is only a work of fiction. The truth, as always, will be far stranger. — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“Imagine that you're an intelligent extraterrestrial, concerned only with verifiable truths. You discover a species that has divided itself into thousands -… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“News that is sufficiently bad somehow carries its own guarantee of truth. Only good reports need confirmation.” — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
It may be that the old astrologers had the truth exactly reversed, when they believed that the stars controlled the destinies of… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
My objection to organized religion is the premature conclusion to ultimate truth that it represents... — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets. — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
Science can destroy religion by ignoring it as well as by disproving its tenets. No one ever demonstrated, so far as I am aware,… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
We cannot predict the new forces, powers, and discoveries that will be disclosed to us when we reach the other planets and set up… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
I am unable to distinguish clearly between your religious ceremonies and apparently identical behavior at the sporting and cultural functions you have transmitted to… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
I don't believe in astrology; I'm a Sagittarius and we're skeptical. — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
You can't have it both ways. You can't have both free will and a benevolent higher power who protects you from yourself. — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
Nowhere in space will we rest our eyes upon the familiar shapes of trees and plants, or any of the animals that share our… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“The universe is full of energy, but much of it is at equilibrium. At equilibrium no energy can flow, and therefore it cannot be… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“Here the trees surrounded them with an invisible, anechoic blanket, so that every word seemed sucked into silence the moment it was uttered.” — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“I’m a scientific expert; that means I know nothing about absolutely everything.” — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
There were some things that only time could cure. Evil men could be destroyed, but nothing could be done with good men who were… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“Pure coincidence, of course, but a sensible man makes coincidences work for him.” — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
