Human beings sometimes find a kind of pleasure in nursing painful emotions, in blaming themselves without reason or even against reason. Isaac Asimov More Quotes by Isaac Asimov More Quotes From Isaac Asimov 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." Isaac Asimov democracies-have ignorance mean The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. Isaac Asimov wisdom wise life When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent. Isaac Asimov unsafe stupidity intelligent Intuition is the art, peculiar to the human mind, of working out the correct answer from data that is, in itself, incomplete or even, perhaps, misleading. Isaac Asimov data work-out art People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. Isaac Asimov hilarious sarcastic funny Maybe happiness is this: not feeling like you should be elsewhere, doing something else, being someone else. Isaac Asimov like-you should feelings So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe. Isaac Asimov change believe thinking The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing. Isaac Asimov true-friend learning business People think of education as something that they can finish. Isaac Asimov people thinking In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate. Isaac Asimov chess-game games life There are no nations! There is only humanity. And if we don't come to understand that right soon, there will be no nations, because there will be no humanity. Isaac Asimov diversity understanding humanity Science is uncertain. Theories are subject to revision; observations are open to a variety of interpretations, and scientists quarrel amongst themselves. This is disillusioning for those untrained in the scientific method, who thus turn to the rigid certainty of the Bible instead. There is something comfortable about a view that allows for no deviation and that spares you the painful necessity of having to think. Isaac Asimov views science thinking Any book worth banning is a book worth reading. Isaac Asimov book-banning reading book 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. Isaac Asimov learning believe school The intelligent man is never bored. Isaac Asimov bored intelligent men The day you stop learning is the day you begin decaying. Isaac Asimov It seems to me that God is a convenient invention of the human mind Isaac Asimov invention humans mind To me it seems to be important to believe people to be good even if they tend to be bad, because your own joy and happiness in life is increased that way, and the pleasures of the belief outweigh the occasional disappointments. To be a cynic about people works just the other way around and makes you incapable about enjoying the good things. Isaac Asimov disappointment believe people Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. Isaac Asimov military wise peace I believe in evidence. I believe in observation, measurement, and reasoning, confirmed by independent observers. I'll believe anything, no matter how wild and ridiculous, if there is evidence for it. The wilder and more ridiculous something is, however, the firmer and more solid the evidence will have to be. Isaac Asimov independent science believe
