Quotes About Humanity

We're forever teetering on the brink of the unknowable, and trying to understand what can't be understood. It's what makes us men.

If all human beings understood history, they might cease making the same stupid mistakes over and over.

Él podía ser un extranjero, pero un hombre siempre es un hombre.

La psicohistoria no trataba del hombre, sino de las masas de hombres. Era la ciencia de las muchedumbres, de miles de millones de personas. Podía prever las reacciones a diferentes estímulos con la misma exactitud que una ciencia menor predecía el rebote de una bola de billar. La reacción de un hombre se podía vaticinar por medio de las matemáticas conocidas, pero la de mil millones era algo distinto

nunca cometía la equivocación de ser demasiado educado con un hombre de la Fundación. Él podía ser un extranjero, pero un hombre siempre es un hombre.

A planet might deteriorate even if human beings existed upon it, if the society were itself abnormal and did not understand the importance of preserving the environment." "Surely," said Pelorat, "such a society would quickly be destroyed. I don't think it would be possible for human beings to fail to understand the importance of retaining the very factors that are keeping them alive.

there is something even higher than the justice which you have been filled with. There is a human impulse known as mercy; a human act known as forgiveness." "I am not acquainted with those words, partner Elijah." "I know," muttered Baley. "I know.

The Three Laws of Robotics 1 – A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2 – A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3 – A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. Handbook of Robotics, 56th Edition, 2058 A.D.

Cleon II was Lord of the Universe. Cleon II also suffered from a painful and undiagnosed ailment. By the queer twists of human affairs, the two statements are not mutually exclusive, nor even particularly incongruous.

Es una lección invariable a la humanidad que la distancia en el tiempo, y asimismo en el espacio, da perspectiva a las cosas.

Pelorat sighed. "I will never understand people." "There's nothing to it. All you have to do is take a close look at yourself and you will understand everyone else. We're in no way different ourselves.

Dors shook her head. "I can't bear to hear a human being spoken of with contempt just because of his group identification—even by other human beings. It's these respectable people here who create those hooligans out there." "And other respectable people," said Seldon, "who create these respectable people. These mutual animosities are as much a part of humanity—

One. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. " 'Two. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. " 'Three. A robot must protect its own existence, as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

To Baley, it seemed not that the Aurorans were growing more humane in their attitude out of a liking for the humane, but that they were denying the robotic nature of the objects in order to remove the discomfort of having to recognize the fact that the human beings were dependent upon objects of artificial intelligence.

There's no question of your working out the entire future of the Galactic Empire, you know. You needn't trace out in detail the workings of every human being or even of every world. There are merely certain questions you must answer: Will the Galactic Empire crash and, if so, when? What will be the condition of humanity afterward? Can anything be done to prevent the crash or to ameliorate conditions afterward? These are comparatively simple questions, it seems to me.

I can't bear to hear a human being spoken of with contempt just because of his group identification—even by other human beings. It's these respectable people here who create those hooligans out there.

All normal life, Peter, consciously or otherwise, resents domination. If the domination is by an inferior, or by a supposed inferior, the resentment becomes stronger. Physically, and, to an extent, mentally, a robot—any robot—is superior to human beings. What makes him slavish, then? Only the First Law! Why, without it, the first order you tried to give a robot would result in your death. Unstable? What do you think?" "Susan

All humanity could share a common insanity and be immersed in a common illusion while living in a common chaos.

Inevitably, he said, What is the meaning of this? It is the precise question and precise wording thereof that has been put to the atmosphere on such occasions by an incredible variety of men since humanity was invented. It is not recorded that it has ever been asked for any purpose other than dignified effect.

Sólo hay una guerra que puede permitirse el ser humano: la guerra contra su extinción

Pero ya lo ve, no se pueden hacer diferencias entre un robot y el mejor de los humanos.

Un robot no puede lastimar a la humanidad o, por falta de acción, permitir que la humanidad sufra daños. La considero ahora la ley Cero de la Robótica. La primera ley debería decir: Un robot no debe dañar a un ser humano, o permitir, por inacción, que el ser humano sufra algún daño, a menos que tal acción viole la ley Cero de la Robótica.

Algunos Eternos han llegado más allá del Siglo Ciento cincuenta mil. —¿Qué aspecto tiene? —Completamente distinto del actual. Hay muchas especies vivientes, pero ninguna humana. El Hombre ha desaparecido.

The reaction of one man could be forecast by no known mathematics; the reaction of a billion is something else again.