“In all the known history of Mankind, advances have been made primarily in physical technology; in the capacity of handling the inanimate world about Man. Control of self and society has been left to to chance or to the vague gropings of intuitive ethical systems based on inspiration and emotion. As a result no culture of greater stability than about fifty-five percent has ever existed, and these only as the result of great human misery.”
― Second Foundation
― Second Foundation
“the only people that inherited anything by right of birth were the congenital idiots.”
― Foundation and Empire
― Foundation and Empire
“The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.”
― Dune
― Dune
“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.”
― Foundation
― Foundation
“It is so shocking to find out how many people do not believe that they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult.”
― Dune
― Dune
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