"The colony is the place where the project of a new humanity is to be tested, where the dream of a world without borders is to be realized, where the dream of a world without races is to be realized, where the dream of a world without nations is to be realized, where the dream of a world without classes is to be realized, where the dream of a world without genders is to be realized, where the dream of a world without religions is to be realized, where the dream of a world without money is to be realized, where the dream of a world without property is to be realized."

 释义：贫穷和地位低下不是什么耻辱的事，但因为贫穷和地位低下而向他人谄媚奉承，乞求得到施舍，就真是耻辱。

人类今天拥有自我毁灭的手段——要么是在完全疯狂的发作中，即在一场大战中，通过短暂的破坏发作，要么是通过对原子技术的粗心处理，通过缓慢的中毒和遗传结构的恶化过程。

Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.

引导人们走向艺术和科学的最强烈动机之一，是逃离日常琐碎生活及其痛苦的粗鲁和绝望的沉闷，就像这些人将宇宙及其构建置于他们情感生活的枢纽中，以寻找他们在个人生活的狭窄漩涡中找不到的和平和安全。