In this single galaxy of ours there are eighty-seven thousand million suns. [...] In challenging it, you would be like ants attempting to label and classify all the grains of sand in all the deserts of the world. [...] It is a bitter thought, but you must face it. The planets you may one day possess. But the stars are not for man.
![In this single galaxy of ours there are eighty-seven thousand million suns. [...] In challenging it, you would be like ants attempting to label and classify all the grains of sand in all the deserts of the world. [...]](http://cdn.quoteddaily.com/images/arthur-c-clarke/in-this-single-galaxy-of-ours-there-are-eighty-seven-thousand-million-suns--in-challenging-it-you-would-be.jpg)