It lasted for a long time, I believe. A very long time. It was a great success, but even great successes come to a natural end. - Isaac Asimov

La religión es una de las grandes influencias civilizadoras de la historia,

I believe that every human being with a physically normal brain can learn a great deal and can be surprisingly intellectual. I believe that what we badly need is social approval of learning and social rewards for learning.
We can all be members of the intellectual elite and then, and only then, will a phrase like "America's right to know" and, indeed, any true concept of democracy, have any meaning.

In fact" — and he reached up to rub his cheek with long, spare fingers — "with the combination of factors you handed me I don't quite see how she fit in the old Reality.