# Quote — David Brin, Kil’n People

> The potentiality is evident to me now!
>
> Then what holds them back? Lack of faith? Divine judgment?
>
> No. Those old excuses won’t suffice. They never did. For where is the logic in basing salvation on a creator’s capricious whim or craving for praise? Or on prayer-incantations that vary from culture to culture? That’s not consistent or scientific. It’s not how the rest of nature works.

- Author: [David Brin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-brin.md)
- Book: [Kil’n People](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-brin/kiln-people.md)
- Page: 466
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/David_Brin#Kiln_People_(2002)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-brin/kiln-people/the-potentiality-is-evident

## More from this book

> Oh, there’s no high quite like getting the focused attention of powerful enemies. Nothing is better guaranteed to make you feel important in the world, which may be why conspiracy theories are so popular among frustrated underachievers.

p. 400 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-brin/kiln-people/oh-theres-no-high.md)

> Fortunately, there is a famous inverse relation between fanaticism and competence.

p. 64 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-brin/kiln-people/fortunately-there-is-a-famous.md)

> None of these problems resolved by the prescriptions of shamans and priests. Not by patronizing mystics or condescending monks.
>
> Technology. That’s what made things better! In fits and starts—and often horribly abused along the way—that’s where we found answers that were consistent, dependable, uncapricious. Answers that applied to lord and vassal alike. Answers that improved life across the board and never went away.

p. 467 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-brin/kiln-people/none-of-these.md)