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Clifford D. Simak was an American science fiction writer known for his unique literary style and profound insights into the cosmos. His works often blend philosophical and scientific elements, exploring the meaning of human existence and the mysteries of the universe.

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“Without consciousness and intelligence, the universe would lack meaning.”

Universe Consciousness

Book:Highway of Eternity

Source: Highway of Eternity

“When I talk of the purpose of life, I am thinking not only of human life, but of all life on Earth and of the life which must exist upon other planets throughout the universe.”

Thinking Humans Earth Purpose Universe Planets Human Life Purpose Of Life

Author:Clifford D. Simak

“There is a plan, it seems to me, that reaches out of the electron to the rim of the universe and what this plan may be or how it came about is beyond my feeble intellect. But if we are looking for something on which to pin our faith- and, indeed, our hope- the plan might well be it. I think we have thought too small and have been too afraid.”

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Book:A Choice of Gods

Source: A Choice of Gods

“We came into a homeless frontier, a place where we were not welcome, where nothing that lived was welcome, where thought and logic were abhorrent and we were frightened, but we went into this place because the universe lay before us, and if we were to know ourselves, we must know the universe”

Ifs Knows Universe Logic Lays Welcome Frightened Homeless Frontiers Abhorrent

Book:A Heritage of Stars

Source: A Heritage of Stars

“Much of what we see in the universe ... starts out as imaginary. Often you must imagine something before you can come to terms with it.”

Universe Term Imagine Imaginary

Book:Highway of Eternity

Source: Highway of Eternity

“Here lies one from a distant star, but the soil is not alien to him, for in death he belongs to the universe.”

Lying Universe Stars Aliens Soil

Book:Way Station

Source: Way Station

“And time itself? Time was a never-ending medium that stretched into the future and the past - except there was no future and no past, but an infinite number of brackets, extending either way, each bracket enclosing its single phase of the Universe.”

Way Past Universe Numbers Infinite Mediums Phases Never Ending Extending Brackets

Author:Clifford D. Simak

About the Author

Born: August 3, 1904
Died: April 25, 1988
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 44

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