Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2)

by Isaac Asimov

“The laws of history are as absolute as the laws of physics, and if the probabilities of error are greater, it is only because history does not deal with as many humans as physics does atoms, so that individual variations count for more.

It is the invariable lesson to humanity that distance in time, and in space as well, lends focus.

cognoscenti.

‘Gratitude is best and most effective when it does not evaporate itself in empty phrases.’