Olaf Stapledon Quotes About Universe

Quotes about: Universe

• He should avail himself of their resources in such ways as to advance the expression of the spirit in the life of mankind. He should use them so as to afford to every human being the greatest possible opportunity for developing and expressing his distinctively human capacity as an instrument of the spirit, as a centre of sensitive and intelligent awareness of the objective universe, as a centre of love of all lovely things, and of creative action for the spirit.

  Olaf Stapledon

  Inspirational, Life, Intelligent

• The universe now appeared to me as a void wherein floated rare flakes of snow, each flake a universe.

  Olaf Stapledon

  Snow, Olaf, Void

  Olaf Stapledon (2015). “Star Maker”, p.10, Sheba Blake Publishing

• The one reasonable goal of social life was affirmed to be the creation of a world of awakened, of sensitive, intelligent, and mutually understanding personalities, banded together for the common purpose of exploring the universe and developing the human spirit's manifold potentialities.

  Olaf Stapledon

  Intelligent, Common Purpose, Goal

  Olaf Stapledon (1931). “Last and First Men, & Star Maker: Two Science-fiction Novels”, Courier Corporation

• It is better to be destroyed than to triumph in slaying the spirit... We die praising the universe in which at least such an achievement as ours can be.

  Olaf Stapledon

  Achievement, Triumph, Olaf

  Olaf Stapledon (1931). “Last and First Men, & Star Maker: Two Science-fiction Novels”, p.363, Courier Corporation

• Without Satan, with God only, how poor a universe, how trite a music!

  Olaf Stapledon

  Satan, Poor, Universe

  Olaf Stapledon (1972). “Last and first men, and Last men in London”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

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