“It is human to feel imperfect. That was what you wanted, above all else: to be human. And now that is what you are. The imperfections - the weaknesses - the imprecisions - they are the very things which define humans as human. And which drive them to transcend their own failings.”
Source: The Positronic Man (Robot # 0.6) [Annotated]
“Human beings are the only creatures who have the power of imagination, and that’s why we survived. Physically we were no match for other large animals, so certain things were needed to keep out of danger, like the ability to conceptualize and predict and communicate and confirm, all of which are possible only because power of imagination.”
Source: In the Miso Soup
“If religion leads into the heart
It helps human be good human
if overgrown in mind,
It makes human devil”
Source: "Zaki's Gift Of Love"
“God created us all free from the very beginning, and placed Liberty in our hearts so that no one can take it away from us. If you touch heart of human to take away his Liberty, he will die. His Liberty and Life are united in one place: in his heart.”
Source: To Be Tried As A Jew
“Laws are Legitimate only when they are taken from Nature. Since human is a part of Nature, the regulations that impose restrictions on his behavior vis-à-vis other humans and Nature must be created by observing human nature and the laws of the universe.”
Source: To Be Tried As A Jew
“To be free, means to have no master but Nature”
Source: To Be Tried As A Jew
“Liberty is the state of having no master other than the Legitimate, that is, Natural and Universal Laws. Human beings can therefore only be constrained by Legitimate Laws.”
Source: To Be Tried As A Jew
“As Moses threw whatever in his hand on the ground,
so does hand should do what it can to earn miracles.”
Source: My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
“There isn’t a clear boundary between the everyday and the pathological.”
Source: Losing Our Minds: The Challenge of Defining Mental Illness
“Grief is the price we pay for love, the saying goes; I would add that all forms of psychological distress are the price we pay for being alive. Suffering is part of being human.”
Source: Losing Our Minds: The Challenge of Defining Mental Illness