There are no nations! There is only humanity. And if we don't come to understand that right soon, there will be no nations, because there will be no humanity.

People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.

So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe.

In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.

People think of education as something that they can finish.

A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.

While he lives, he must think; while he thinks, he must dream.

When she smiled at me, I felt unborn poems stirring within.

A mere two days without eating and you passed out. It must be tough not being able to photosynthesize.

More of life seems to live inside us than out. Happiness is when you connect both of them.

We have a fundamental imperative in our lives to matter to others, to serve others, and to support each other in mattering more.

Not every reader is a leader, but every leader must be a reader.

I don't want to not be important.

The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

Therefore, it is necessary to be a fox to discover the snares and a lion to terrify the wolves

A person of “good character” was one who acted in accordance with the expectations of his community

It runs in the family. And don't expect me to be ashamed. Yankees lock away loony relatives, but down here, we prop 'em up on parade floats and march 'em through the middle of town.