“Faliure is not an option.”

“You can not operate in this room unless you believe that you are Superman, and whatever happens, you're capable of solving the problem.”

“To recognize that the greatest error is not to have tried and failed, but that in trying, we did not give it our best effort”

“All novels are fantasies. Some are more honest about it.”

“Star Trek was an attempt to say that humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate, but take a special delight in differences in ideas and differences in life forms. […] If we cannot learn to actually enjoy those small differences, to take a positive delight in those small differences between our own kind, here on this planet, then we do not deserve to go out into space and meet the diversity that is almost certainly out there.”

“For most people, religion is nothing more than a substitute for a malfunctioning brain. If people need religion, ignore them and maybe they will ignore you, and you can go on with your life. It wasn't until I was beginning to do Star Trek that the subject of religion arose. What brought it up was that people were saying that I would have a chaplain on board the Enterprise. I replied, "No, we don't.”

“Matter of internal security - the age-old cry of the oppressor.Picard”