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- If I were not an atheist, I would believe in a God who would choose to save people on the basis of the totality of their lives and not the pattern of their words. I feel that the longest and worst punishment should be reserved for those who slandered God by inventing Hell.
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When I die I won't go to heaven or hell; there will just be nothingness. Isaac Asimov. Heaven, Religion, Atheism. The Bible contains legendary, historical, and ethical contents. It is quite possible to consider them separately, and one doesn't have to accept the legends in order to get the ethics.
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- Ignorance
- There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
- Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. The only function of a school is to make self-education easier; failing that, it does nothing.
- When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent. Isaac Asimov. Intelligent, Stupidity, Unsafe.
- The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. Isaac Asimov. Life, Wise, Wisdom.
- Isaac Asimov
- 1951
- “Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.” ― Isaac Asimov, Foundation.
- “Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.” ― Isaac Asimov, Foundation.
- “It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.” ― Isaac Asimov, Foundation.
- “To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.” ― Isaac Asimov, Foundation.
- “The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.” ― Isaac Asimov.
- “Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.” ― Isaac Asimov, Foundation.
- “In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.” ― Isaac Asimov.
- “Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
- The Deprivation of Freedom
- Blind Faith
- Stagnation
- The Art of Aversion
- The Fall of Empires
- Science
- Morality
- Violence
The deprivation of freedom is a disease that eats into human society. In the novel, Isaac Asimovpointed out that though Trantor was the powerhouse of the Galactic Empire, its citizens lacked one thing, freedom. Though too much of it leads to indifference, the lack of it leads to something else, stagnancy. In the novel, Hari Seldon realizes that the...
After the Encyclopedists settled on Terminus, they began to collect knowledge as tasked by Hari Seldon, who is one of the main characters in ‘Foundation.’However, after Hardin discovered Hari’s true purpose for the Foundation, he created a religion called scientism. Scientism soon became a weapon the Foundation used to subdue its enemies. The quote...
The quote above sheds light on a primary problem that leads to the fall of society; stagnation. In the novel, Hardin disliked the Board of Trustees for their lack of innovation and collective reasoning. On discovering that Terminus was already in a political struggle, Hardin tried to make the board pay attention to their immediate problems. However...
The quote above points out a primary skill necessary for crisis aversion; the art of early detection. In the novel, Hari Seldon’s purpose for creating the Foundation was to avoid the 30,000 years of terror that humanity was to face. He discovered that detecting a problem was the easiest part, but curbing the devastating effects of that problem befo...
The quote above got made by Hari Seldon to prove that the Galactic Empire was receding into chaos. With the invention of psychohistory, Hari discovered that the Empire’s decline was unavoidable because of multiple factors affecting the Empire. He made this speech to point out that the signs of receding empires are always crystal clear, but continuo...
Science is a field that relies on observation, evidence, and experimentation. Isaac Asimov used this quote to show that science should be pure and not tilted towards politics and favoritism.
The will to do what is right is a virtue many people want. However, people also get caught between following personal principles or doing what is right. The quote above explains that no matter what set of principles one has, doing the right thing should be the priority.
This quote explains why violence is never an alternative for sane people. In the novel, Isaac Asimov showed that the best way to conquer an enemy would be with knowledge and passive subjugation, not violence.
Religion Quote #3 "I started that way at first because the barbarians looked upon our science as a sort of magical sorcery, and it was easiest to get them to accept it on that basis."
Isaac Asimov. Heaven, Religion, Atheism. When life is so harsh that a man loses all hope in himself, then he raises his eyes to a shining rock, worshipping it, just to find hope again, rather than looking to his own acts for hope and salvation. Yes, atheism IS a redemptive belief.
