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Life Quotes by Arthur C. Clarke
- Perhaps, as some wit remarked, the best proof that there is Intelligent Life in Outer Space is the fact it hasn't come here. Well, it…
- There is a special sadness in achievement, in the knowledge that a long-desired goal has been attained at last, and that life must now be…
- I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.
- The only real problem in life is what to do next.
- Nowhere in space will we rest our eyes upon the familiar shapes of trees and plants, or any of the animals that share our world.…
- We always thought the living Earth was a thing of beauty. It isn’t. Life has had to learn to defend itself against the planet’s random…
- . . . Moon-Watcher felt the first faint twinges of a new and potent emotion. It was a vague and diffuse sense of envy--of dissatisfaction…
- Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
- In my life I have found two things of priceless worth - learning and loving. Nothing else - not fame, not power, not achievement for…
- There is no reason to assume that the universe has the slightest interest in intelligence—or even in life. Both may be random accidental by-products of…
- It was a pity that there was no radar to guide one across the trackless seas of life. Every man had to find his own…
- A wise man once said that all human activity is a form of play. And the highest form of play is the search for Truth,…
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle