Then about 1951 I began writing again, painfully, a novel I called in the beginning A Life Sentence on Earth, but which developed into The Tree of Man.
I believe alien life is quite common in the universe, although intelligent life is less so. Some say it has yet to appear on planet Earth.
We think that life develops spontaneously on Earth, so it must be possible for life to develop on suitable planets elsewhere in the universe. But we don't know the probability that a planet develops life.
If the Russian nuclear arsenal was fired at the United States and other targets, and we fired back at them with thousands of nuclear weapons, it would be the end of life on earth.
Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth.
If the Lord should bring a wicked man to heaven, heaven would be hell to him; for he who loves not grace upon earth will never love it in heaven.
It is your sole responsibility to protect every single one of your days on earth with positive thoughts and beliefs.
The road to knowledge has no definite end to it. It keeps on going for however long your stay on earth is.
The journey of life is not a competition between you and others; rather, it is a quest to fulfill your true positive purpose on earth.
The more I inspire others to search and discover their true positive purpose on earth, the more meaningful my state of existence becomes.
Be the positive light that the crowd follows; instead of allowing them to block your light to your true purpose on earth.
Be grateful for the gift of life on earth. Not all who saw yesterday were lucky enough to see today.
Fall in love with your uniqueness because that's what makes your presence on earth a very special one.
Despite where you stand in life at the moment, always remember that your presence on earth matters as much as everyone else's.
I don't believe there is any finer mission on Earth than just to make people laugh.
Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they had experienced on earth.
And let a scholar all earth's volumes carry, he will be but a walking dictionary: a mere articulate clock.
There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.
But there is in everything a reasonable division of labour. I have written the book, and nothing on earth would induce me to read it.
You will find that your library in Heaven contains only some of the books you had on Earth, the ones you gave away or lent.
Let's pray that the human race never escapes Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.
