"It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly."

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Source : Isaac Asimov (1986). “Foundation Trilogy”, Del Rey

Isaac Asimov

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“Prayer is asking; the answer to prayer is receiving.”
“Use anything you can think of to understand and be understood, and you'll discover the creativity that connects you with others.”
“I don't want you to follow me or anyone else. If you are looking for a Moses to lead you out of the capitalist wilderness, you will stay right where you are. I would not lead you into this promised land if I could because if I could lead you in, someone else could lead you out.”
“Acquire and store a reserve of food and supplies that will sustain life. ... As long as I can remember, we have been taught to prepare for the future and to obtain a years supply of necessities. I would guess that the years of plenty have almost universally caused us to set aside this counsel. I believe the time to disregard this counsel is over. With events in the world today, it must be considered with all seriousness.”
“Don't be afraid to expand yourself, to step out of your comfort zone. That's where the joy and the adventure lie.”
“If you want the Lord to hide your sins, then don't talk to people about what kind of virtues you have. For as we relate to our virtues, so God relates to our sins.”
“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”
“Injustice, poverty, slavery, ignorance - these may be cured by reform or revolution. But men do not live only by fighting evils. They live by positive goals, individual and collective, a vast variety of them, seldom predictable, at times incompatible.”

Source : 'Four Essays on Liberty' (1969) 'Political Ideas in the Twentieth Century'

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