Try to love someone who you want to hate, because they are just like you, somewhere inside, in a way you may never expect, in a way that resounds so deeply within you that you cannot believe it.

Death smiles at us all, but all a man can do is smile back.

The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it.

What you can do, or dream you can do, begin it;<br> boldness has genius, power and magic in it.

As our own species is in the process of proving, one cannot have superior science and inferior morals. The combination is unstable and self-destroying.

To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.

I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark.

Noble be man,<br> Helpful and good!<br> For that alone<br> Sets him apart<br> From every other creature<br> On earth.

Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.

It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God-but to create him.