Isaac Asimov

Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.

It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.

We are each a figment of our own imagination.

Those unproductive hands … may consume so great a share … that all the frugality and good conduct of individuals may not be able to compensate … this violent and forced encroachment.

Love is kind, it’s clear. It’s effortless, and it’s irresistible.

Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.

The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.

Willpower is a myth. The problem with trying to use willpower to achieve and sustain a behavioral change is that it is fueled by emotion. And as we all know, our emotions are, at best, fickle. They come and go. When your emotions start running down — and they will — even your best-laid plans will fall flat.

Sometimes it’s not enough to know what things mean, sometimes you have to know what things don’t mean.

You are the daydream I am supposed to have for the rest of my life.

True life is lived when tiny changes occur.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

People cannot discover new lands until they have the courage to lose sight of the shore.

For them that think death’s honesty won’t fall upon them naturally life sometimes must get lonely.

So I’ve seen life as one long learning process. And if I see – you know, if I fly on somebody else’s airline and find the experience is not a pleasant one, which it wasn’t in – 21 years ago, then I’d think, well, you know, maybe I can create the kind of airline that I’d like to fly on.

To err is human, to forgive divine.

Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.