Inspirational Quotes by Arthur C. Clarke — Words of Wisdom for Daily Success

“A hundred failures would not matter, when one single success could change the destiny of the world.”

“The rash assertion that "God made man in His own image" is ticking like a time bomb at the foundation of many faiths.”

“Science can destroy religion by ignoring it as well as by disproving its tenets. No one ever demonstrated, so far as I am aware, the nonexistence of Zeus or Thor, but they have few followers now.”

“One of the greatest tragedies in mankind's entire history may be that morality was hijacked by religion.”

“He did not know that the Old One was his father, for such a relationship was utterly beyond his understanding, but as he looked at the emaciated body he felt a dim disquiet that was the ancestor of sadness.”

“Humor was the enemy of desire.”

“After their encounter on the approach to Jupiter, there would aways be a secret bond between them---not of love, but of tenderness, which is often more enduring.”

“But please remember: this is only a work of fiction. The truth, as always, will be far stranger.”

“A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets.”

“Before you become too entranced with gorgeous gadgets and mesmerizing video displays, let me remind you that information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, and wisdom is not foresight. Each grows out of the other, and we need them all.”

“They had not yet attained the stupefying boredom of omnipotence; their experiments did not always succeed.”

“Never attribute to malevolence what is merely due to incompetence”

“I don’t believe in astrology; I’m a Sagittarius and we’re skeptical.”

“I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.”

“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”

“The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.”