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““Sometimes when I’m in a bookstore or a library, I am overwhelmed by all the things that I do not know. Then I am seized by a powerful desire to read all the books, one by one.””

Arthur C. Clarke

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Science can destroy religion by ignoring it as well as by disproving its tenets. No one ever demonstrated, so far as I am aware,…

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We cannot predict the new forces, powers, and discoveries that will be disclosed to us when we reach the other planets and set up…

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I am unable to distinguish clearly between your religious ceremonies and apparently identical behavior at the sporting and cultural functions you have transmitted to…

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I don't believe in astrology; I'm a Sagittarius and we're skeptical.

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You can't have it both ways. You can't have both free will and a benevolent higher power who protects you from yourself.

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Astronomy, as nothing else can do, teaches men humility.

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Nowhere in space will we rest our eyes upon the familiar shapes of trees and plants, or any of the animals that share our…

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“The universe is full of energy, but much of it is at equilibrium. At equilibrium no energy can flow, and therefore it cannot be…

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“Here the trees surrounded them with an invisible, anechoic blanket, so that every word seemed sucked into silence the moment it was uttered.”

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“I’m a scientific expert; that means I know nothing about absolutely everything.”

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There were some things that only time could cure. Evil men could be destroyed, but nothing could be done with good men who were…

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“Pure coincidence, of course, but a sensible man makes coincidences work for him.”

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I don't think I have made as much of my life as I should have. I should have written more books.

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