It's out of fashion in these decaying times to be a scholar. - Isaac Asimov

Andrew thought that it was strange that humans would choose the day of coming forth from the womb as the significant thing to commemorate. He knew something of human biology, and it seemed to him that it would be much more important to focus on the moment of the actual creation of the organism, when the sperm cell entered the ovum and the process of cell division began. Surely that was the real point of origin of any person!
Certainly the new person was already alive - if not capable of independent functioning - during the nine months spent within the womb.

Öğrenmek demek ufkunuzu genişletmek, daha fazla şey yaşamak ve kendinize farklı yaşam alanları yaratmak demektir.

... Bilgi yalnızca güç değildir; bilgi mutluluktur ve bilginin size öğretilmesi ise entelektüel manada, sevilmekle eşdeğerdir.

I have made a discovery,' said Giskard, his voice carrying no shade of emotion. 'I have made it because, for the first time in my existence, I faced thousands of human beings. Had I done this two centuries ago, I would have made the discovery then. Had I never faced so many at once, then I would never have made the discovery at all.

'Consider, then, how many vital points I might easily grasp, but never have and never will, simply because the proper conditions for it will never come my way. I remain ignorant except where circumstance helps me, and I cannot count on circumstance.