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He had revealed a side of himself he did not want to reveal. He was Hari Seldon, mathematician, not Hari Seldon, sadistic Twister.
A paradox arises only out of an ambiguity that deceives either unwittingly or by design.
You must have minimalism because every change, any change, has myriad side effects that can’t always be allowed for. If the change is too great and the side effects too many, then it becomes certain that the outcome will be far removed from anything you’ve planned and that it would be entirely unpredictable.”
The pleasantness of their company outweighed the regret of their passing. On the whole, then, it is better to experience what you experience now than not to.”
Being feared is nothing. Being despised, even, can be lived with. But being laughed at—that’s fatal.
Dahl is the poorest sector on Trantor and there is a positive correlation between poverty, misery, and crime. I grant you that.”
Intuition is the art, peculiar to the human mind, of working out the correct answer from data that is, in itself, incomplete or even, perhaps, misleading.”
“It’s all but impossible to change people’s minds and hearts, Raych. It’s enough to try and perhaps eliminate the worst of the injustices.”
Somber outlook on life and politics
There was so much more in the past, so much less in the future, that the mind turned away from the looming shadow ahead to contemplate the safety of what had gone before.
invective.
The historians interpreted past and current human actions and events, turning their findings over to the mathematicians, who in turn fit those pieces into the great Psychohistorical Equation.
We cannot allow a Library association with someone so extremely unpopular with the general population. We are, after all, a public library and we must keep the public’s sentiments in mind.”
They had left word for him that they were bringing a great surprise. Another piece for the puzzle, Seldon hoped. He looked out one last time over Trantor and, before turning to make his way back to the gravitic repulsion elevator, smiled and softly said, “Foundation.”
“Psychohistory is not infallible—its predictions are, however, highly probable. The Foundation, especially in its infancy, will have many enemies, as do I today.
What I see before me, around me, is the future of humanity. Thirty thousand years of potential chaos, compressed into a single millennium…
The Stars, Like Dust is the first book in the Galactic Empire series, the spectacular precursor to the classic Foundation series.
The End of Eternity is a spellbinding novel set in the universe of Isaac Asimov’s classic Galactic Empire series and Foundation series.
