But, come to think of it, there was no need to wait. Time travelers don't have to wait for anybody.

It is not faith per se that creates the problem; it is conviction, the notion that one cannot be wrong, that opposing views are necessarily invalid and may even be intolerable.

The uplifters are forever running around telling blockheads they would do better if they would believe in themselves. But they already do. That is why they are blockheads.

The measure of a civilization is in the courage, not of its soldiers, but of its bystanders.

... the truth is that when your people don't tell you what you need to know, it's a failure of leadership.

We could never know who we truly were until we heard the whispers of the stars.

Boundaries have no existence save on charts or in small minds. Nature does not draw lines.

Man has always seen himself the peak of creation. The part of the universe that thinks. The purpose for it all. It's no doubt a gratifying view, but the universe may have a different opinion.

Show me what a people admire, and I will tell you everything about them that matters.

Universal deities ... never seem to smile. Not in any culture. What's the point of having omnipotence if you don't enjoy it?

The problem is that too often the only people who can act don't want change. Power doesn't so much corrupt as it breeds conservatism.

She had put on make-up in a colour scheme that indicated she might be colourblind.

Lailah, always remember that you are light that bring illumination to many people across the world.

I like my parents but they are just not good parents. They are nice enough people. I'm not interested in hurting their feelings.

Come and have a go, if you think you're hard enough

All day long, they lie in the sun, and when the sun goes down, they lie some more.

Design work doesn't just satisfy requirements, it elicits them.

Learn to listen with your fingers.

Reason is 6/7 of treason.

Everything is a gift of the universe -even joy, anger, jealously, frustration, or separateness. Everything is perfect either for our growth or our enjoyment.

Human beings cling to their delicious tyrannies and to their exquisite nonsense, till death stares them in the face.