Yes, I'm afraid you're right. Trial and error isn't a bad way to learn how to build an aircraft, but it can be a disastrous way to learn how to build a civilization.

If the world is saved, it will not be saved by old minds with new programs but by new minds with no programs at all.

Indigenous people believe that Man belongs to the World; civilized people believe that the World belongs to Man.

If you can’t discover what’s keeping you in, the will to get out soon becomes confused and ineffectual - "Ishmael

The premise of the Taker story is 'the world belongs to man'. … The premise of the Leaver story is 'man belongs to the world'.

The world of the Takers is one vast prison, and except for a handful of Leavers scattered across the world, the entire human race is now inside that prison.

Don't try to drive the homeless into places we find suitable. Help them survive in places they find suitable.

There is no one right way to live.

[A]ny species that exempts itself from the rules of competition ends up destroying the community in order to support its own expansion.

Don't wait. Where do you expect to get by waiting? Doing is what teaches you. Doing is what leads to inspiration. Doing is what generates ideas. Nothing else, and nothing less.

No one species shall make the life of the world its own.' … That's one expression of the law. Here's another: 'The world was not made for any one species.

No, my friend, I am not drunk. I have just been to the dentist, and need not return for another six months! Is it not the most beautiful thought?--Poirot

I've nothing against people who love truth. Apart from the fact that they make dull companions.

Sometimes something that you've been asking forIt's just something that you could not see before. For it was something that made you belong, And that was there the whole time all along.

Soon it will be a sin of parents to have a child that carries the heavy burden of genetic disease. We are entering a world where we have to consider the quality of our children.

Any article's good. Long as it's publicity, I think that's all that matters. I think it's advancement for my career.

Rogue internet pharmacies continue to pose a serious threat to the health and safety of Americans. Simply put, a few unethical physicians and pharmacists have become drug suppliers to a nation.

I wish that author [ E. L. James] all the success in the world. It's just not for me.

The summer of 1966, I hitch-hiked alone for two months all over Europe instead of working on a farm in Spain. It was a big game to see how much I could see on $400. This got me hooked on traveling.

In an ever more open world, building peace through dialogue is no longer a choice but a necessity!

Two lives met across death and centuries. To ask what it meant is meaningless. There is no destiny. But sometimes there is bravery