Without consciousness and intelligence, the universe would lack meaning. Clifford D. Simak consciousnessintelligencelack Change image and share on social
My reluctance to use alien invasion is due to the feeling that we are not likely to be invaded and taken over. Clifford D. Simak alienduefelt Change image and share on social
It seems to me, thinking of it, that there must be some universal plan which set in motion the orbiting of the electrons about the nucleus and the slower, more majestic orbit of the galaxies about one another to the very edge of space. Clifford D. Simak edgeelectrongalaxy share on social
Could that have been what happened to the human race - a willing perversity that set at naught all human values which had been so hardly won and structured in the light of reason for a span of more than a million years? Clifford D. Simak happenhumanlight share on social
It is only of life on Earth, however, that one can speak with any certainty. It seems to me that all life on Earth, the sum total of life upon the Earth, has purpose. Clifford D. Simak certaintyearthlife Change image and share on social
If the means were available, we could trace our ancestry - yours and mine - back to the first blob of life-like material that came into being on the planet. Clifford D. Simak ancestrybackblob Change image and share on social
It would seem to me that by the time a race has achieved deep space capability it would have matured to a point where it would have no thought of dominating another intelligent species. Clifford D. Simak achievecapabilitydeep Change image and share on social
We said, there's another second gone, there's another minute and another hour and another day, when, as a matter of fact the second or the minute or the hour was never gone. It was the same one all the time. It had just moved along and we had moved with it. Clifford D. Simak dayfacthour share on social
Time is still the great mystery to us. It is no more than a concept; we don't know if it even exists. Clifford D. Simak conceptexistgreat Change image and share on social
Must faith be exactly that, the willingness and ability to believe in the face of a lack of evidence? If one could find the evidence, would then the faith be dead? Clifford D. Simak abilitydeadevidence Change image and share on social
