“The fall of Empire, gentlemen, is a massive thing, however, and not easily fought. It is dictated by a rising bureaucracy, a receding initiative, a freezing of caste, a damming of curiosity—a hundred other factors. It has been going on, as I have said, for centuries, and it is too majestic and massive a movement to stop.”
― Foundation
― Foundation
“Correct morals arise from knowing what Man is—not what do-gooders and well-meaning old Aunt Nellies would like him to be.”
― Starship Troopers
― Starship Troopers
“The greatest inhumanity that can be ascribed to men is having an opportunity for doing good to others and doing nothing. The serious sin is not always one of commission, but omission.”
― Walk with God
― Walk with God
“No, I would not want to live in a world without dragons, as I would not want to live in a world without magic, for that is a world without mystery, and that is a world without faith.”
― Streams of Silver
― Streams of Silver
“In other words, none of us are perfect, spiritual teachers included We are all here in this Earth school to grow and learn in a host of different ways, and only now are we humans beginning to understand how difficult that can be in an increasingly global pluralistic world full of people whose cultures, beliefs, worldviews, and levels of consciousness are very different from our own.”
― Putting on the Mind of Christ: The Inner Work of Christian Spirituality
― Putting on the Mind of Christ: The Inner Work of Christian Spirituality
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