When I talk of the purpose of life, I am thinking not only of human life, but of all life on Earth and of the life which must exist upon other planets throughout the universe.

Quote by Clifford D Simak

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It seems to me, thinking of it, that there must be some universal plan which...

It seems to me, thinking of it, that there must be some universal plan which...

Without consciousness and intelligence, the universe would lack meaning.

Without consciousness and intelligence, the universe would lack meaning.

And time itself? Time was a never-ending medium that stretched into the future and the...

And time itself? Time was a never-ending medium that stretched into the future and the...

These are the stories the Dogs tell, when the fires burn high and the wind...

These are the stories the Dogs tell, when the fires burn high and the wind...

If the means were available, we could trace our ancestry - yours and mine -...

If the means were available, we could trace our ancestry - yours and mine -...

Time is still the great mystery to us. It is no more than a concept;...

Time is still the great mystery to us. It is no more than a concept;...

Could that have been what happened to the human race - a willing perversity that...

Could that have been what happened to the human race - a willing perversity that...

We said, there's another second gone, there's another minute and another hour and another day,...

We said, there's another second gone, there's another minute and another hour and another day,...

It is only of life on Earth, however, that one can speak with any certainty....

It is only of life on Earth, however, that one can speak with any certainty....

Must faith be exactly that, the willingness and ability to believe in the face of...

Must faith be exactly that, the willingness and ability to believe in the face of...

What do you mean by faith? Is faith enough for Man? Should he be satisfied...

What do you mean by faith? Is faith enough for Man? Should he be satisfied...

If mankind were to continue in other than the present barbarism, a new path must...

If mankind were to continue in other than the present barbarism, a new path must...

My reluctance to use alien invasion is due to the feeling that we are not...

My reluctance to use alien invasion is due to the feeling that we are not...

Less than an hour before he'd congratulated himself on escaping all the traps of Earth,...

Less than an hour before he'd congratulated himself on escaping all the traps of Earth,...

It would seem to me that by the time a race has achieved deep space...

It would seem to me that by the time a race has achieved deep space...

It was a place without a single feature of the space-time matrix that he knew....

It was a place without a single feature of the space-time matrix that he knew....