Had Hannibal had a government behind him that knew how to exploit victories – had he been born a Roman, for instance – he might have conquered the wo… - Isaac Asimov

The infinity of potential knowledge may be infinitely greater than the infinity of my actual knowledge.

No sé cómo siente interiormente pero tampoco sé cómo sientes tú. Cuando uno habla con él se da cuenta de que reacciona a las distintas abstracciones como tú y como yo, ¿qué otra cosa puede importar? ¿Qué más se puede pedir si alguien reacciona como uno mismo?

What's exciting is the actual process of broadening yourself, of knowing there's now a little extra facet of the universe you know about and can think about and can understand. It seems to me that when it's time to die, there would be a certain pleasure in thinking that you had utilized your life well, learned as much as you could, gathered in as much as possible of the universe, and enjoyed it. There's only this one universe and only this one lifetime to try to grasp it. And while it is inconceivable that anyone can grasp more than a tiny portion of it, at least you can do that much. What a tragedy just to pass through and get nothing out of it.