I believe any malevolent supercivilisation would have rapidly self-destructed as we may be in the process of doing ourselves. If we do have contact, physical contact with aliens, I think it will be benign. Arthur C. Clarke More Quotes by Arthur C. Clarke More Quotes From Arthur C. Clarke The only way to define your limits is by going beyond them. Arthur C. Clarke moving-onsuccessmotivational In my life I have found two things of priceless worth - learning and loving. Nothing else - not fame, not power, not achievement for its own sake - can possible have the same lasting value. For when your life is over, if you can say 'I have learned' and 'I have loved,' you will also be able to say 'I have been happy. Arthur C. Clarke loving-lifeachievementtwo If man survives for as long as the least successful of the dinosaurs-those creatures whom we often deride as nature's failures-then we may be certain of this: for all but a vanishingly brief instant near the dawn of history, the word 'ship' will mean- 'spaceship.' Arthur C. Clarke successfulmenmean Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying. Arthur C. Clarke lonelylonelinesslife I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here. Arthur C. Clarke intelligentspacescience Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke possible-and-impossibletechnologyscience One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. Arthur C. Clarke tragedyatheistreligion The object of teaching a child is to enable the child to get along without the teacher. We need to educate our children for their future, not our past. Arthur C. Clarke teachingteacherchildren Civilization will reach maturity only when it learns to value diversity of character and of ideas. Arthur C. Clarke maturitycharactercivilization The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible. Arthur C. Clarke motivationalpositiveinspirational The future is not to be forecast, but created. Arthur C. Clarke forecasts Isn't killing people in the name of God a pretty good definition of insanity? Arthur C. Clarke atheistnamespeople The person one loves never really exists, but is a projection focused through the lens of the mind onto whatever screen it fits with least distortion. Arthur C. Clarke lensesfitmind Until we get rid of religion, we won't be able to conduct the search for God. Arthur C. Clarke able We stand now at the turning point between two eras. Behind us is a past to which we can never return... Arthur C. Clarke erastwopast New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along! Arthur C. Clarke dangerous-ideasthreedone I don't believe in astrology; I'm a Sagittarius and we're skeptical. Arthur C. Clarke inspirationalfunnybelieve When you finally understand the universe, it will not only be stranger than you imagine, it will be stranger than you can imagine. Arthur C. Clarke imagineuniversestranger My favorite definition of an intellectual: 'Someone who has been educated beyond his/her intelligence'. Arthur C. Clarke my-favoritedefinitionsintellectual What we need is a machine that will let us see the other guy's point of view. Arthur C. Clarke guyviewsneeds
