Isaac asimov

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.

I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse.

A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.

It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is,...

If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.

The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.

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.