The peace and joy of the Christmas season was marred by a proclamation of a general strike of all the military forces of the world. Panic reigns in the hearts of all the patriots of every persuasion. Meanwhile, fears of universal disaster sank to an all-time low over the world.

Naturally, there's got to be a limit for I don't expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.

The Three Theorems of Psychohistorical Quantitivity: The population under scrutiny is oblivious to the existence of the science of Psychohistory. The time periods dealt with are in the region of 3 generations. The population must be in the billions (±75 billions) for a statistical probability to have a psychohistorical validity.

There is no belief, however foolish, that will not gather its faithful adherents who will defend it to the death.

We are reaching the stage where the problems we must solve are going to become insoluble without computers. I do not fear computers, I fear the lack of them.

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.

While he lives, he must think; while he thinks, he must dream.