Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5)

by Isaac Asimov

He would no more fit into the huge chaos of the Foundation than into the small orderliness of Gaia. He was at home nowhere, an orphan everywhere.

I accept only what I am forced to accept by reasonably reliable evidence, and keep that acceptance tentative pending the arrival of further evidence.

“People have been known to give their lives for others.” “A rare phenomenon. Many more people have been known to sacrifice the dearest needs of others to some foolish whim of their own.”