The work of each individual contributes to a totality, and so becomes an undying part of the totality. That totality of human lives — past and presen… - Isaac Asimov

The work of each individual contributes to a totality and so becomes an undying part of the totality. That totality of human lives - past and present and to come - forms a tapestry that has been in existence now for many thousands of years and has been growing more elaborate and, on the whole, more beautiful in all that time. Even the Spacers are an offshoot of the tapestry and they, too, add to the elaborateness and beauty of the pattern. An individual life is one thread in the tapestry and what is one thread compared to the whole?

他以贝莱前所未见酷似人类的姿势伸出右手。 贝莱握住他的手，那五根手指坚硬且冰凉。"再见 — — 吉斯卡好友。" 吉斯卡说："再见，以利亚好友。请记住，虽然奥罗拉的原意是曙光女神，可是从现在起，地球才是真正的曙光世界。"}

I have always found in my own work — quite different from yours, of course, but possibly we may generalize — that zeroing in tightly on a particular problem is self-defeating. Why not relax and talk about something else, and your unconscious mind — not laboring under the weight of concentrated thought — may solve the problem for you.

There is no merit to discipline under ideal circumstances. I must have it in the face of death or it is worthless.