"I hate the whole übermensch, superman temptation that pervades science fiction. I believe no protagonist should be so…"

"The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has …"

"Learn to control ego. Humans hold their dogmas and biases too tightly, and we only think that our opponents are dogma…"

"Blatant idiocies had been tried by early men and women—foolishness that would never have been considered by species a…"

"“Where there is mind, there is always solution,” Keneenk taught. All problems contained the elements of their answer."

"What point was there in pursuing an ever-elusive popularity?"

"You don’t have conversations with microprocessors. You tell them what to do, then helplessly watch the disaster when …"

"Words penetrated the tank from the outer room. They were tantalizing, like those ghosts of meaning in a great symphon…"

"He wasn’t afraid of dying, only of having not done all he could, and not properly spitting in the eye of death when i…"

"A hallmark of sanity, Alex, is the courage to face even unpleasant points of view."