Isaac Asimov

If I could trace my origins to Judas Maccabaeus or King David, that would not add one inch to my read more

If I could trace my origins to Judas Maccabaeus or King David, that would not add one inch to my stature. It may well be that many East European Jews are descended from Khazars, I may be one of them. Who knows? And who cares?

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today

To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today

Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.

Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.

Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning read more

Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance.