Isaac Asimov Quotes about Life

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The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

Isaac Asimov

Life, Wise, Wisdom

"Isaac Asimov's Book of Science and Nature Questions". Book edited with Jason A. Shulman, p. 281, 1988.

Was there anything more exciting in life than seeking answers?

Isaac Asimov

Life, Attitude, Answers

Isaac Asimov (2012). “Prelude to Foundation”, p.281, Spectra

It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.

Isaac Asimov

Inspirational, Life, Philosophy

Isaac Asimov (1986). “Foundation Trilogy”, Del Rey

Life is a journey, but don't worry, you'll find a parking spot at the end.

Isaac Asimov

Life, Journey, Worry

In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.

Isaac Asimov

Life, Games, Chess Game

I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.

Isaac Asimov

Inspirational, Life, Science

Isaac Asimov (1995). “Yours, Isaac Asimov: A Lifetime of Letters”, Doubleday Books

I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse.

Isaac Asimov

Life, Atheist, Believe

"Philosophy on the Go". Book by Joey Green, p. 222, 2007.

If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster.

Isaac Asimov

Life, Writing, Doctors

Life (1984)

Human beings sometimes find a kind of pleasure in nursing painful emotions, in blaming themselves without reason or even against reason.

Isaac Asimov

Life, Nursing, Moved On

Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance. It is better to know - even if the knowledge endures only for the moment that comes before destruction - than to gain eternal life at the price of a dull and swinish lack of comprehension of a universe that swirls unseen before us in all its wonder. That was the choice of Achilles, and it is mine, too.

Isaac Asimov

Life, Wise, Wisdom

"The New Hugo Winners". Book by Isaac Asimov et al., p. 215, 1989.

Life is glorious when it is happy; days are carefree when they are happy; the interplay of thought and imagination is far superior to that of muscle and sinew.

Isaac Asimov

Life, Imagination, Happy Day

Isaac Asimov (2009). “I, Asimov: A Memoir”, p.58, Bantam