It was a place without a single feature of the space-time matrix that he knew. It was a place where nothing yet had happened - an utter emptiness. There was neither light nor dark: there was nothing here but emptiness. Clifford D. Simak darkemptinessfeature share on social
It would seem to me that by the time a race has achieved deep space capability it would have matured to a point where it would have no thought of dominating another intelligent species. Clifford D. Simak achievecapabilitydeep Change image and share on social
Without consciousness and intelligence, the universe would lack meaning. Clifford D. Simak consciousnessintelligencelack Change image and share on social
And time itself? Time was a never-ending medium that stretched into the future and the past - except there was no future and no past, but an infinite number of brackets, extending either way, each bracket enclosing its single phase of the Universe. Clifford D. Simak bracketencloseend share on social
If mankind were to continue in other than the present barbarism, a new path must be found, a new civilization based on some other method than technology. Clifford D. Simak barbarismbasecivilization Change image and share on social
It seems to me, thinking of it, that there must be some universal plan which set in motion the orbiting of the electrons about the nucleus and the slower, more majestic orbit of the galaxies about one another to the very edge of space. Clifford D. Simak edgeelectrongalaxy share on social
It is only of life on Earth, however, that one can speak with any certainty. It seems to me that all life on Earth, the sum total of life upon the Earth, has purpose. Clifford D. Simak certaintyearthlife Change image and share on social
Could that have been what happened to the human race - a willing perversity that set at naught all human values which had been so hardly won and structured in the light of reason for a span of more than a million years? Clifford D. Simak happenhumanlight share on social
Must faith be exactly that, the willingness and ability to believe in the face of a lack of evidence? If one could find the evidence, would then the faith be dead? Clifford D. Simak abilitydeadevidence Change image and share on social
If the means were available, we could trace our ancestry - yours and mine - back to the first blob of life-like material that came into being on the planet. Clifford D. Simak ancestrybackblob Change image and share on social
