God Quote by Arthur C. Clarke — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Before you become too entranced with gorgeous gadgets and mesmerizing video displays, let me remind you that information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, and wisdom is not foresight. Each grows out of the other, and we need them all.”

“The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.”

“A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets.”

“I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.”

“He did not know that the Old One was his father, for such a relationship was utterly beyond his understanding, but as he looked at the emaciated body he felt a dim disquiet that was the ancestor of sadness.”

“But please remember: this is only a work of fiction. The truth, as always, will be far stranger.”

“Pope Alexander smiled. He seemed more amused with the story than horrified. "The Baglioni are true believers," he said. "They believe in paradise. Such a great gift. How otherwise can man bear this moral life? Unfortunately, such a belief also gives evil men the courage to commit great crimes in the name of good and God.”

“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” This touches on the heart of the argumentum ad populum fallacy. Physical reality does not require belief to sustain it, and belief will not modify the rules of the universe.”

“His manual of heaven and hell lay open before me, and I could perceive my nothingness in this scheme.”

“Even in hardship, God’s goodness prevails.”

“You don’t turn to God for justice; that’s what judges and lawyers are for. You go to God for mercy, or you would if He existed, which He doesn’t.”

“I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own -- a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotisms.”