#sci

Science fiction is held in low regard as a branch of literature, and perhaps it deserves this critical contempt. But if we view it as a kind of sociology of the future, rather than as literature, science fiction has immense value as a mind-stretching force for the creation of the habit of anticipation. Our children should be studying Arthur C. Clarke, William Tenn, Robert Heinlein, Ray Bradbury and Robert Sheckley, not because these writers can tell them about rocket ships and time machines but, more important, because they can lead young minds through an imaginative exploration of the jungle of political, social, psychological, and ethical issues that will confront these children as adults. ↗

— Alvin Toffler

#imagination

Fantasy is totally wide open; all you really have to do is follow the rules you've set. But if you're writing about science, you have to first learn what you're writing about. ↗

— Octavia Butler

#fantasy #first #follow #learn #open

The root of impatience in discipline is really the same as that of overindulgence. In both instances, parents want to make up for lost time, to speed up a process that takes time. ↗

— Russell Moore

#discipline #parenting #timing #family

Niko was a man of few words and flying, sugary snacks. I like that in a human. ~Catcher ↗

— Rob Thurman

#sarcasm #science-fiction #twinkies #urban-fantasy #science

Our Christian destiny is, in fact, a great one: but we cannot achieve greatness unless we lose all interest in being great. For our own idea of greatness is illusory, and if we pay too much attention to it we will be lured out of the peace and stability of the being God gave us, and seek to live in a myth we have created for ourselves. And when we are truly ourselves we lose most of the futile self-consciousness that keeps us constantly comparing ourselves with others in order to see how big we are. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#greatness #self-consciousness #christian-living

Let food be your Medicine. ↗

— Hippocrates

#science #food

They are not free at all. They are essentially our prisoners. ↗

— Michael Crichton

#prisoners #science-fiction #freedom

The hoverlanes were murder. ↗

— Troy Denning

#star-wars #scifi

All the problems in the world lead to one - narrow-minded people. my Incredible Future . ↗

— Ivan Stoikov - Allan Bard

#books #fantasy #incredible-future #sci-fy #scifi

Any religious person who says he does not really need human friends because God is his Friend is calling God a liar because He's the One Who says we also need human friends. ↗

— Mark Driscoll

#friendship #friendship