Collage of "profound" language #1 : Erich Von Daniken

“Let us get used to the idea that the world of ideas which has grown up over the millennia is going to collapse. Priests who seek the truth must again begin to doubt everything that is established. Laymen will withdraw into the snail shell of their familiar world when faced with the probability that finding out about our past will be even more mysterious and adventurous than finding out about the future. A strange sight to greet our astronauts! Research (= knowledge) does not become possible until the thing that is to be investigated has actually been found! What other purpose could they have served? The stimulating question still has to be answered: Why did they do all this if they had no idea that flying beings actually existed? Now the second fascinating adventure in human history begins with man’s moving into the cosmos. It is not our fault that there are millions of other planets in the universe. Man has a magnificent future ahead of him, a future which will far surpass his magnificent past. How often the pillars of our wisdom have crumbled into dust!"