It's not because my mind is made up that I don't want you to confuse me with any more facts. It's because my… — John Brunner

If there is such a phenomenon as absolute evil, it consists in treating another human being as a thing.

One might as well claim that the tide which rubs pebbles smooth on a beach is doing the pebbles a service because being round is prettier than being jagged. It's of no concern to a pebble what shape it is. But it's very important to a person.

First we had the legs race. Then we had the arms race. Now we're going to have the brain race. And, if we're lucky, the final stage will be the human race.