Pelorat sighed.
“I will never understand people.” “There’s nothing to it. All you have to do is take a close look at yourself and you will understand everyone else. How would Seldon have worked out his Plan — and I don’t care how subtle his mathematics was — if he didn’t understand people; and how could he have done that if people weren’t easy to understand? You show me someone who can’t understand people and I’ll show you someone who has built up a false image of himself — no offense intended.”‘
—Isaac Asimov, Foundation’s Edge.
