Quotes by : Olaf Stapledon

The older Puritans had trampled down all fleshly impulses; these newer Puritans trampled no less self-righteously....

Thus and thus is the world. Seeing the depth, we shall see also the height, and praise both.

Why is it that all individuals today, at least all who are socially conscious, are in one way or another....

Many of the great economic masters, though they had originally favored radio-bliss in moderation as an....

Even if the powers destroy us," he said, "who are we, to condemn them? As well might a fleeting word....

Conceive a world-society developed materially far beyond the wildest dreams of America. Unlimited power,....

Sitting there on the heather, on our planetary grain, I shrank from the abysses that opened up on every....

The future needed service, not pity, not piety; but in the past lay darkness, confusion, waste, and all....

All this long human story, most passionate and tragic in the living, was but an unimportant, a seemingly....

With characteristic lack of false modesty, John once said to me, "My looks are a rough test of people.....