From H. G. Wells
"A day will come, one day in the unending succession of days, when beings, beings who are now latent in our thoughts and hidden in our loins, shall stand upon this earth as one stands upon a footstool, and shall laugh and reach out their hands amidst the stars."
and:
"Civilization is a race between disaster and education."
and:
"Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race."