Foundation

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

"Knowledge is power, but only if it is shared"

"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent"

"The Fall will come, but from the ruins rises something new"

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

"To lead is to bear the weight of others' futures"

"What appears to be weakness is often calculated strategy"

"The Foundation's four crises will reshape galactic civilization"

"Authority without understanding is tyranny waiting to happen"

"When all seems lost, the prepared plan emerges"

"The most powerful weapon is the ability to predict the future"

"Chaos breeds opportunity for the prepared mind"

"History is written by those who understand psychohistory"

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

"The galactic crisis will test the very foundations of civilization"

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

"The future can be calculated if one knows the present and the laws of change"

"What is now proved was once only imagined"

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

"I've found that the greatest warriors often have the most philosophical minds"

"A psychohistorian is a man who is supposed to know all the habits of human beings"

"The Empire is dying. That's the one lesson history teaches us"

"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent"

"Only by understanding the past can we shape the future"

"The future belongs to those who shape it"

"Intelligence without action is merely philosophy"

"Progress requires sacrifice"

"Patience is the virtue of the strong"

"The future is not written in stone, but in probability"

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