What do you despise? By this are you truly known.

Then, as his planet killed him, it occurred to Kynes that his father and all the other scientists were wrong, that the most persistent principles of the universe were accident and error.

Balance is what distinguishs a people from a mob.

FEAR IS THE MIND-KILLER. FEAR IS THE LITTLE-DEATH THAT BRINGS TOTAL OBLITERATION.

The ferocity we show our foes must be tempered by the lesson we hope to teach.

What is important for a leader is that which makes him a leader. It is the needs of his people.

There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.