So much of literary sci-fi is about creating worlds that are rich and detailed and make sense at a social level. We'll create a world for people and then later present a narrative in the world.

Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.

Computers make me totally blank out.

No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered with a searching but at the same time a steady eye. 

There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible. 

Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.

For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by nature most evident of all.

If you are a late riser, you may miss out on a lot of things in life.

Home is where you feel at home and are treated well.

Life has its struggles which require bravery and vigour. Thus it needs much more courage to live than to die.

A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.

For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through.