See that your difference makes a difference.
The fish that first ventured ashore had considerable practical problems.
Anybody can find infinite Mandelbrot figures in his navel.
In Harvest of Stars, there is this notion, not original with me of course, that it will become possible to download at least the basic aspects of a human personality into a machine program
Why do most people think their own impoverished lives must be the norm of the universe?
At each stage. . . entirely new laws, concepts and generalizations are necessary, requiring inspiration and creativity to just as great a degree as in the previous one.
Will none wipe the sneer of the face of the cosmos?
Immortal life is something to be earned, By slow self-conquest, comradeship with Pain, And patient seeking after higher truths.
See it in terms of paint. We don't learn subject matter, we learn paint. The musician can play any score that is set before him.
There cannot be a federal state of Europe without all citizens receiving the same benefits and rights.
The moon twangs its silver strings; The river swoons into town; The wind beds down in the pines, Covers itself with stars.