Inspiring Quotes by Isaac Asimov – Wisdom from the Master of Science Fiction

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.

The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what’s right.

What you can’t imagine, you can’t do.

The future is not a gift. It is an achievement.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ but ‘That’s funny…’

Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today, but the inside view of science fiction is that it is a very serious thing.

I have never seen a contradiction between science and religion.

It is the dirty little secret of science fiction that the robots may be our last hope.

The three laws of robotics cannot be broken, not even by the robots themselves.

The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest.

The only thing you can’t do is nothing.

The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedom.

Inspiring Quotes by Isaac Asimov – Wisdom from the Master of Science Fiction part 2

In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.

Change is the only constant.

We always seem to know what we are doing, even when we don’t.

You can’t take a robot’s rights away just because it’s a machine.

If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.

It’s a little like a road that leads nowhere; it just can’t be allowed to end in ignorance.

I do not believe in a personal god. I think that the idea is deeply naive.

Every scientist knows that he is a member of a community with a common interest.

Science fiction writers are too often alarmist, predicting the end of the world.

It is a good thing to be able to learn from history.

It is the nature of the human mind to be curious.

Our ultimate goal is to reach a better understanding of the minutiae of reality.

I am a firm believer in the role of the imagination.

Science fiction, in the best sense, is about ideas.

To be human is to be indecisive, and that is both a flaw and a strength.

You can’t build a better world without improving the individuals.

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

We are all the more human for our irrationalities.

A robot may not injure a human being or through inaction allow a human being to come to harm.

Every answer generates new questions; that’s the nature of knowledge.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

There is no such thing as an anti-science movement, only ignorance.

One of the great wonders of science is how entire civilizations can rise and fall.

Human beings are flawed and in need of correction.

In science, the relevant question is not whether you can learn, but what you do with what you learn.

Faith in science is often more beneficial than faith in dogma.

We must not be afraid of the unknown; it shapes our destiny.

Every step toward a better understanding is a victory.

Our minds are like parachutes; they only function when open.

Logic can’t help you when you need to feel.

The answers you seek can often be found within the questions you ask.

Imagination is the most powerful of all human capabilities.