Even if we never reach the stars by our own efforts, in the millions of years that lie ahead it is almost certain that the stars will come to us. Isolationism is neither a practical policy on the national or cosmic scale. And when the first contact with the outer universe is made, one would like to think that Mankind played an active and not merely a passive role-that we were the discoverers, not the discovered.


The Exploration of Space (ed. 1951)

Arthur C. Clarke Quotes

Even if we never reach the stars by our own efforts, in the millions of years that lie ahead it is almost certain that the stars will come to us....

Even if we never reach the stars by our own efforts, in the millions of years that lie ahead it is almost certain that the stars will come to us....

Even if we never reach the stars by our own efforts, in the millions of years that lie ahead it is almost certain that the stars will come to us....

Even if we never reach the stars by our own efforts, in the millions of years that lie ahead it is almost certain that the stars will come to us....