It is a difficult choice sometimes whether to feel revolted at the male sex or merely to dismiss them as contemptible. - Isaac Asimov

They would have to be old, indeed, for star-positions to be misplaced.

All humanity could share a common insanity and be immersed in a common illusion while living in a common chaos.

Yet there was this to be said for unfavorable relationships in the wealth-distribution equation. It meant the existence of a leisure class and the development of an attractive way of life which, at its best, encouraged culture and grace. As long as the other end of the scale was not too badly off, as long as the leisure classes did not entirely forget their responsibilities while enjoying their privileges, as long as their culture took no obviously unhealthy turn, there was always the tendency in Eternity to forgive the departure from the ideal wealth-distribution pattern and to search for other, less attractive maladjustments.