Quotes from The Foundation Trilogy

Isaac Asimov ·  679 pages

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“Habrá otras crisis en el porvenir, cuando el poder del dinero se haya convertido en una fuerza muerta como es ahora la religión.”
― Isaac Asimov, quote from The Foundation Trilogy


“«¡Nunca permitas que el sentido de la moral te impida hacer lo que está bien!»”
― Isaac Asimov, quote from The Foundation Trilogy


“–La violencia –fue la contestación– es el último recurso del incompetente.”
― Isaac Asimov, quote from The Foundation Trilogy


“El hombre más irreversiblemente estúpido es aquel que ignora su sabiduría.”
― Isaac Asimov, quote from The Foundation Trilogy


“Pero ¿podemos permitirnos el lujo de arriesgarnos? ¿Podemos arriesgar el presente por el bien de un nebuloso futuro?”
― Isaac Asimov, quote from The Foundation Trilogy



“Q. You do not consider your statement a disloyal one?
A. No, sir. Scientific truth is beyond loyalty and disloyalty.
Q. Can you prove that this mathematics is valid?
A. Only to another mathematician.
Q. Your claim then is that your truth is of so esoteric a nature that it is beyond the understanding of a plain man. It seems to me that truth should be clearer than that, less mysterious, more open to the mind.
A. It presents no difficulties to some minds. The physics of energy transfer, which we know as thermodynamics, has been clear and true through all the history of man since the mythical ages, yet there may be people present who would find it impossible to design a power engine. People of high intelligence, too.”
― Isaac Asimov, quote from The Foundation Trilogy


“Habrá otras crisis en el porvenir, cuando el poder del dinero se haya convertido en una fuerza muerta como es ahora la religión. Que mis sucesores resuelvan esos nuevos problemas, como yo he resuelto el del presente.”
― Isaac Asimov, quote from The Foundation Trilogy


“—Anda, tonto. Ahora haz una mueca de disgusto y mírame como un patito moribundo antes de reclinar tu cabeza en mi hombro para que yo acaricie tus cabellos llenos de electricidad estática. Buscabas una mentira piadosa, ¿verdad? Esperabas que yo te dijera: «¡Contigo seré feliz en cualquier parte, Toran!», o bien, «¡Las mismas profundidades interestelares serían mi hogar, amor mío, teniéndote a mi lado!» Vamos, admítelo.”
― Isaac Asimov, quote from The Foundation Trilogy


“»Ahora bien, cualquier dogma, basado primariamente en la fe y el sentimentalismo, es un arma peligrosa usada sobre los demás, puesto que es imposible garantizar que el arma nunca se vuelva contra el que la emplea.”
― Isaac Asimov, quote from The Foundation Trilogy


“la característica de una clase privilegiada es siempre la misma: la posesión del ocio, como única gran recompensa de su condición.”
― Isaac Asimov, quote from The Foundation Trilogy



“Frustration of my plans to lighten the disaster will convince people that the future holds no promise for them. Already they recall the lives of their grandfathers with envy. They will see that political revolutions and trade stagnations will increase. The feeling will pervade the Galaxy that only what a man can grasp for himself at that moment will be of any account. Ambitious men will not wait and unscrupulous men will not hang back. By their every action they will hasten the decay of the worlds.”
― Isaac Asimov, quote from The Foundation Trilogy


“me gustaría recordarle que existe una diferencia entre la osadía y la ceguera. La acción decisiva está indicada cuando se conoce al enemigo y se pueden calcular aproximadamente los riesgos; pero moverse contra un potencial desconocido ya supone una osadía de por sí. Sería lo mismo que preguntar por qué un hombre salta con éxito en una carrera de obstáculos durante el día y tropieza con los muebles de su habitación por la noche.”
― Isaac Asimov, quote from The Foundation Trilogy


“estoy a punto de lanzar todo mi peso contra una puerta y encontrar que está abierta de par en par.”
― Isaac Asimov, quote from The Foundation Trilogy


“Él podía ser un extranjero, pero un hombre siempre es un hombre.”
― Isaac Asimov, quote from The Foundation Trilogy


“nunca cometía la equivocación de ser demasiado educado con un hombre de la Fundación. Él podía ser un extranjero, pero un hombre siempre es un hombre.”
― Isaac Asimov, quote from The Foundation Trilogy



“«Para triunfar, el solo planteamiento es insuficiente. También se debe improvisar.»”
― Isaac Asimov, quote from The Foundation Trilogy


“sólo una mentira que no estuviera avergonzada de sí misma podía tener éxito. También dijo que nada tenía que ser cierto, pero que todo tenía que sonar como si lo fuese.”
― Isaac Asimov, quote from The Foundation Trilogy


“»Ahora bien, cualquier dogma, basado primariamente en la fe y el sentimentalismo, es un arma peligrosa usada sobre los demás,”
― Isaac Asimov, quote from The Foundation Trilogy


“Siempre han confiado en la autoridad o en el pasado, nunca en sí mismos. Sus”
― Isaac Asimov, quote from The Foundation Trilogy


“¡Por la Galaxia! ¿Cuándo puede saber un hombre que no es un títere? ¿Cómo puede saber un hombre que no es un títere?”
― Isaac Asimov, quote from The Foundation Trilogy



“Estamos aquí sentados, anteponiendo la Enciclopedia a todo lo demás. Consideramos que el objeto de la ciencia es la clasificación de los datos pasados. Es importante, ¿pero no hay nada más que hacer? Estamos retrocediendo y olvidando, ¿no lo ven?”
― Isaac Asimov, quote from The Foundation Trilogy


“el amable arte de actuar solapadamente.”
― Isaac Asimov, quote from The Foundation Trilogy


“la caída del imperio, caballeros, es algo monumental y no puede combatirse fácilmente. Está dictada por una burocracia en aumento, una recesión de la iniciativa, una congelación de las castas, un estancamiento de la curiosidad… y muchos factores más.”
― Isaac Asimov, quote from The Foundation Trilogy


“Es una lección invariable a la humanidad que la distancia en el tiempo, y asimismo en el espacio, da perspectiva a las cosas.”
― Isaac Asimov, quote from The Foundation Trilogy


“El gobernador era corpulento, macizo, bajo y de aspecto vulgar.”
― Isaac Asimov, quote from The Foundation Trilogy



About the author

Isaac Asimov
Born place: in Petrovichi, Russian Federation
Born date January 2, 1920
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