Salvor Hardin

"War is the failure of understanding"

"Gratitude binds allies more firmly than contracts"

"Kindness is not weakness but strategy"

"Perseverance outlasts all obstacles"

"Dreams shape reality more than reality shapes dreams"

"Humor lightens even the darkest burdens"

"Relationships are built on mutual respect"

"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent"

"The first principle of civilization is justice"

"A man's courage is his greatest asset in times of crisis"

"Patience is the virtue of the strong"

"Progress requires sacrifice"

"Intelligence without action is merely philosophy"

"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent"

"To succeed, planning must be invisible, obvious only in its results"

"An empire cannot be ruled by force alone; it requires the consent of the ruled"

"The greatest danger lies not in the enemy without, but in ignorance within"

"Chaos breeds opportunity for the prepared mind"

"When all seems lost, the prepared plan emerges"

"Authority without understanding is tyranny waiting to happen"

"What appears to be weakness is often calculated strategy"

"Mercy and firmness must be balanced by those in power"

"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent"

"The future is not fixed; it is written by those who dare to change it"

"A person is smart. People are dumb"

"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent"

"All knowledge that the world has ever had is the fruit of the unfinished work of the greatest minds of past generations"

"Science was the first of human freedoms"

"The obvious cannot be seen"

"The greatest talent of all is the ability to know when to stop"