Foundation Quotes (Season 1)

The human race is an ever-evolving story told over thousands of years by a countless number of voices.

Repeated luck was more than just luck.

Repeated luck is never luck.

It’s a strange burden not being allowed to carry a burden.

In the twilight of a man’s life, when his biography is nearly complete, he grows desperate to know the measure of his days, how his voice compares to the chorus of those who’ve come before. Do I matter? Are my choices my own? Or is my destiny governed by an unseen hand?

History isn’t fact. It’s narrative, one carefully curated and shaped. Under the pen strokes of the right scribe, a villain becomes a hero, a lie becomes the truth.

Change is frightening, especially to those in power.

As we begin preserving the most essential pieces of civilization, deciding what is remembered, what is forgotten, how will we know what those things are if we can’t even agree on how to count them?

We have to try. And that is all there is in a crisis. Trying.[to Lewis]

The weight of traditions protects us. There can be comfort in making a journey others have made before.

The search for meaning is not always about the answer. It’s also the process of seeking that enlightens.

The Foundation was never about curating knowledge. It was about curating people.